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Cadaver
A dead human body that may be used by physicians and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a living human being. Students in medical schools study and…
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- RA Rheumatoid arthritis
- Mycoplasma The mycoplasma are a very large group of bacteria. There are more than 70 types. Mycoplasma hominis and…
- Trich- (prefix) Pertaining to hair. As in trichinosis, a disease due to the parasite Trichinella spiralis which was thought…
- Hemorrhagic diarrhea, E. coli Bloody colitis (inflammation of the bowel) caused by E. coli, usually by the strain E. coli 0157:H7. The…
- Autotransplantation The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. The…
- Neisseria Group of bacteria that includes the cause of gonorrhea.
- Hormone, mineralocorticoid A group of hormones, the most important being aldosterone, that regulate the balance of water and…
- Differential white cell count The proportions of the different types of white cells in the blood, usually split into the different types of…
- Ollier disease A condition characterized by multiple enchondromas -- benign masses of cartilage growing within bones. An…
- Periostoma A benign tumor arising from the periosteum, the dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that…
- Vein, inferior vena cava A large vein that receives blood from the lower extremities, pelvis and abdomen and empties it into the right…