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Fever, splenic
Known also as anthrax, splenic fever is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but rather an infection of animals. Cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and some wild animals are highly susceptible. Humans (and swine)…
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Show more- Pallidotomy A surgical operation performed on the globus pallidus to destroy it. The purpose of this operation is to…
- Allopathic Pertaining to allopathy (conventional medicine). The term was coined in 1842 by C.F.S. Hahnemann to designate…
- St. Joseph Moscati See: Moscati, St. Joseph
- Echovirus A group of viruses found in the gastrointestinal tract. The 'echo' part of the name stands for enteric…
- Cervicitis Inflammation of the cervix
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science EHS): A part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. NIEHS states that its mission…
- Decubitus ulcer A bed sore, a skin ulcer that comes from lying in one position too long so that the circulation in the skin…
- X (in genetics) Although the letter X can be used as a symbol in various ways (such as with X-rays, the X-axis of a graph…
- Sex chromosome The X chromosome or the Y chromosome, in humans. The sex chromosomes determine the sex of an individual. As a…
- Legg disease See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Phantom limb syndrome The perception of sensations, usually including pain, in an arm or leg after the limb has been amputated. The…
- Blot, Southern A test commonly used in molecular biology and genetics, the purpose of the test being to check for a match…