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Campylobacteriosis
Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni, now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is enough to make someone sick with…
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Show more- Diverticulitis Inflammation of the diverticula (small outpouchings) along the wall of the colon, the large intestine. (One…
- Cauliflower ear Adding=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Paul C. Lauterbur See: Lauterbur, Paul C.
- DNA (figurative) The essence or master blueprint of something. Since DNA became widely known to be the genetic material of…
- Horace Barker See: Barker, Horace Albert
- Relaxant Something that relaxes, relieves, reduces tension. For example, a muscle relaxant is often administered…
- Sex region Y A region on the Y chromosome that determines the sex of the individual. This region which goes by the symbol…
- Hypercholesterolemia High blood cholesterol. This can be sporadic (with no family history) or familial. Familial…
- Expressed sequence tag (EST) A unique stretch of DNA within a coding region of a gene that is useful for identifying full-length genes and…
- Lingual gyrus An area in the occipital lobe, the visual processing center in the brain. The lingual gyrus extends to the…
- Macrophage A type of white blood that ingests (takes in) foreign material. Macrophages are key players in the immune…
- Whitehead A familiar term for what is medically called a closed comedo. A comedo, the primary sign of acne, consists of…