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Itch, ocean
An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no…
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Show more- Granular leukocyte >Neutrophils have 'neutral' subtle granules; >Eosinophils have prominent granules that stain readily with the…
- Phalanx Anatomically, any one of the bones in the fingers or toes. (Plural: phalanges.) There are 3 phalanges (the…
- Heterochromatin, constitutive Heterochromatin that is fixed and irreversible. Regions of constitutive heterochromatin are located at very…
- Diabetes Diabetes: Refers to diabetes mellitus or, less often, to diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mellitus and diabetes…
- Disease, Whitmore's An infectious illness, also called melioidosis, that is most frequent in Southeast Asia and Northern…
- Nictitate To wink. Nictitating spasm is spasm of the eyelid with continuous winking. 'Nictitate' and the older verb…
- Compression, nerve See: Nerve compression
- Immunoglobulin A A major class of immunoglobulins found in serum and external body secretions such as saliva, tears, and sweat…
- Infection The growth of a parasitic organism within the body. (A parasitic organism is one that lives on or in another…
- Nutritionist 1) In a hospital or nursing home, a person who plans and/or formulates special meals for patients. It can…
- Nurse assistant A person who has completed a brief health-care training program, and who provides support services for RNs…
- Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome A multiple congenital malformation syndrome caused by an abnormality in cholesterol metabolism, deficiency of…