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Campylobacter jejuni
A bacterium that typically infects the bowels. Now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, Campylobacter jejuni is most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is…
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- Fear of flying An irrational fear of flying is called aerophobia. Aerophobia also refers to irrational fear of fresh air or…
- Fear of thunder An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that…
- Tennis elbow A painful injury to the tendon that is attached to the outer part of the elbow due to repetitive twisting of…
- Klebsiella A group of bacteria normally living in the intestinal tract and frequently the cause of nosocomial infections…
- Lenin (1870-1924) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the founder of the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet state. Lenin is of some…
- PCP Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. A parasitic infection of the lungs that is particularly common and…
- Diffuse mastocytosis A form of mastocytosis in which the entire skin is thickened and leathery with generalized reddening and…
- Fluorosis A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…
- Tarantism A disease once thought to result from the bite of the tarantula spider. This extraordinary affliction was…
- Nephritis Inflammation of the kidney. Nephritis can be acute or chronic. Acute nephritis is most commonly caused by…