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Pertussis
Pertussis: Whooping cough, a communicable, potentially deadly illness characterized by fits of coughing followed by a noisy, 'whooping' indrawn breath. It is caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. The illness is most likely to affect…
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- Miller's lung A type of allergic inflammation of the lungs (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) in people who are hypersensitive…
- Nosocomial Originating or taking place in a hospital, acquired in a hospital, especially in reference to an infection…
- Bone cancer Bone cancer: A malignancy in bone. Primary bone cancer, one that begins in bone, is uncommon but it is not…
- Crypt In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an…
- HTLV-I Human T-lymphotropic virus type I, often referred to simply as the human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV). HTLV-II…
- Blood in semen Padding=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Brain, water on the See: Water on the brain
- Toko- (prefix) Stemming from the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining…
- C-IBS Constipation-predominant IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
- Transmission, perinatal Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the…
- Gonad, female The female gonad, the ovary or 'egg sac', is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located…