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Fasciolopsis buski
The giant intestinal fluke. See: Fasciolopsis
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- Agent, antimicrobial See: Antimicrobial agent
- Pollex The thumb. Pollex is derived from the Latin pollere, to be strong, because in a contest of strength the thumb…
- Prescription abbreviations A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or…
- Rickettsioses of the eastern hemisphere, tick-born There are 3 known diseases caused by infection with rickettsial agents. They are North Asian tick-borne…
- Therapy, fever Fever: Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the past by…
- Interventional Pertaining to the act of intervening, interfering or interceding with the intent of modifying the outcome…
- Valve, Spitz-Holter See Spitz-Holter valve
- Simian crease A single transverse palmar crease, a minor variation associated with Down syndrome (trisomy 21). Also called…
- Akinetic Without movement (or without much movement). A term used in neurology to denote the absence (or poverty) of…
- Coxa vara Inward curvature of the hip. Malformation of the hip at birth, such as coxa vara, can increase one's risk for…
- Unilateral Having, or relating to, one side. Unilateral is as opposed, for example, to bilateral (which means having, or…