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Pasteurization
A method of treating food by heating it to a certain point to kill pathogenic (disease-causing) organisms but not harm the flavor or quality of the food. Milk is pasteurized by heating it to about 145°F (63°C) for 30 minutes or, using the…
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Show more- Phlebo- (prefix) Means vein. From the Greek 'phleps', vein, which came from the root 'phlein', to gush or overflow. Appears in…
- American dog tick The tick most commonly responsible for transmitting R. rickettsii, the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever…
- Myocardium The heart muscle.
- Ganglion Ganglion: The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130-201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome…
- Polycystic kidney disease, infantile See: Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive
- Watchful waiting Closely monitoring a patient's condition but withholding therapy until the sign and symptom appear or change…
- Radiation therapy, 3-D A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target it as…
- Chondrodystrophic myotonia See: Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
- Second wave A phenomenon of infections that can develop during a pandemic. The disease infects one group of people first…
- Nasal passage The walls of the nasal passages are coated with respiratory mucous membranes which contain innumerable tiny…
- Hole, macular A hole in the macula, the tiny oval area made up of millions of nerve cells located at the center of the…
- Tachycardia, sinus A fast heartbeat (tachycardia) because of rapid firing of the sinoatrial (sinus) node. The sinoatrial (or…