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- Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) Fever (RMSF): An acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the Rocky Mountain states, caused…
- NIGMS Stands for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health in…
- Tick fever See: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Encephalitis, Rasmussen A rare progressive neurological disorder that is characterized by intractable seizures and progressive…
- Phage Short for bacteriophage, a virus that lives within a bacteria. A virus for which the natural host is a…
- Med1 DNA repair gene A gene that codes for one of the key enzymes involved in repairing DNA. The DNA in genes is constantly…
- Pinna The ear or, to be more precise, the part of the ear that projects like a little wing from the head. In Latin…
- Macular pucker Scar tissue in the macula, the area of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. The scar can blur and…
- Dwarfism Abnormally short stature. Some forms are hereditary. The Little People of America (LPA) define dwarfism as an…
- Supertaster A supertaster has an unusually large density of taste buds, each surrounded by pain fibers