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Basophil
A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) with coarse bluish-black granules of uniform size within the cytoplasm and typically a bilobate (two-lobed) nucleus. Basophils are so named because their cytoplasmic granules stain with basic dyes…
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Show more- Acu- A combining form indicating a relationship to a needle. As in acupuncture. From the Latin acus meaning needle
- Biomagnetic therapy See: Magnet therapy
- Mesmerism 1. Originally, a system of therapeutics propounded by Mesmer.2. A precursor of hypnotism, believed by Mesmer…
- BSL-3 Biosafety level 3. A level of biosafety considered appropriate for agents that may be transmitted by the…
- Japanese encephalitis A mosquito-borne viral infection, the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. Japanese encephalitis…
- Vesicate A substance that causes tissue blistering. Also referred to as a vesicant.
- Bross See: Bross, Irwin DJ
- Rigor mortis Literally, the stiffness of death. The rigidity of a body after death. Rigor mortis is a good example of a…
- Spirochete A microscopic bacterial organism in the Spirochaeta family. Spirochetes have a worm-like, spiral-shaped form…
- Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher See: Polycystic ovarian syndrome.
- Childbirth assistant See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Paracentesis The removal of fluid from a body cavity using a needle, trocar, cannula, or other hollow instrument. A…