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Assembly and budding
A portion of the processes by which new HIV is formed in infected host cells. Viral core proteins, enzymes, and RNA gather (assemble) just inside the cell's membrane, while the viral envelope proteins aggregate within the membrane. An…
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Show more- Intubate To put a tube into a hollow organ or passageway, often into the airway. The opposite of intubate is extubate.
- Domagk, Gerhard German physician and chemist (1895-1946) who discovered the first sulfa drug, prontosil, which ushered in the…
- Sense In biology and medicine, the faculty of sensory reception. The ability to convey specific types of external…
- Alkalosis A dangerous decrease in the normal acidity of the blood. There is too much base in the blood and body. This…
- Td immunization Td is the vaccine given to children over six and adults as a booster for immunity to diphtheria and tetanus
- Cryptosporidium enteritis See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Rhinitis, vasomotor Inflammation of the nose (rhinitis) due to abnormal neuronal (nerve) control of the blood vessels in the…
- Gray syndrome See: Gray baby syndrome
- Colon cancer family history A family history of colorectal cancer (CRC). First-degree relatives of people with CRC are themselves at a 2…
- Aphrasia The inability to speak or understand phrases
- Typhoid fever Typhoid fever: An acute illness with fever caused by infection with the Salmonella typhi bacteria contracted…
- Ebola virus A notoriously deadly virus that causes fearsome symptoms, the most prominent being high fever and massive…