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MAP
The commonly used term for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. MAP is an acronym derived from the first, second, and fourth words in Mycobacterium Avium subspecies Paratuberculosis
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- Pneumatic larynx A device that uses air to produce sound, helping a person whose larynx has been removed to talk
- Sherlock, Sheila British physician (1918-2001) who pioneered the study of the liver (hepatology). She made liver biopsy a…
- Salaam In a medical context, a seizure that looks like a sudden deep bow from the waist. Salaam seizures are…
- Heterotopic In the wrong place, in an abnormal place, misplaced. From the Greek roots 'hetero-' meaning 'other' + 'topos'…
- Occult stool blood test A test to check for hidden blood in the feces, the stool
- Osteotomy Taking out part or all of a bone, or cutting into or through bone.
- Normal tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Proteome The complete set of proteins expressed and modified following their expression by the genome. The term…
- Mirror, mouth See: Mouth mirror
- Kinetics Kinetics (with an 's' at the end) refers to the rate of change in a biochemical (or other) reaction, the…