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Ergotism
Ergotism could be called a 'cereal killer' for its cause, ergot, comes from cereals such as rye and wheat and is quite capable of killing someone. A fungus (Claviceps purpurea) that contaminates rye and wheat produces substances…
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Show more- Child abuse, psychological Child abuse, psychological: Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported…
- Endorectal MRI An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) done from inside the rectum. To do such as MRI, a surface coil within an…
- NF2 (neurofibromatosis type 2) Neurofibromatosis type 2
- XX The sex chromosome complement of a normal human female. See also X chromosome
- Eyes, flashing lights in the There are a number of causes of spontaneous flashing light sensations in the eye. A sensation of flashing…
- Conor and Bruch disease African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Materteral 1. Literally, relating to a maternal aunt.2. Figuratively, suggestive of an aunt on either side of the…
- Alveolar hydatid disease >By directly ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes or coyotes. This might include grass, herbs…
- Chorionic gonadotropin, human A procedure for first-trimester prenatal diagnosis. Chorionic villus sampling may be done between the eighth…
- System, central nervous (CNS) That part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system (CNS)…
- Disease, Kawasaki A syndrome of unknown origin, mainly affecting young children, causing fever, reddening of the eyes…
- Transforming principle Name originally given to DNA. In 1944 Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty published their discovery that the…