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River blindness
Onchocerciasis, a disease caused by a parasitic worm (Onchocerca volvulus) which is transmitted to persons by biting blackflies (buffalo gnats) that breed in fast-flowing rivers. The adult worms can live for up to 15 years in nodules…
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Show more- Coryza A cold in the head. The word 'coryza' came from the Greek 'koryza' which is thought to have been compounded…
- Salk Institute The Salk Institute for Biological Studies , a prominent independent non-profit institution doing basic…
- Premenstrual syndrome Premenstrual syndrome: A combination of physical and mood disturbances that occur in the last half of a…
- Vulva The female external genital organs including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, tiny glands called…
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Dissect To cut apart or separate tissue as, for example, for anatomical study or in surgery. Also, an artery is said…
- Auricle 1. The principal projecting part of the ear. Also called the pinna.2. Something ear shaped such as the upper…
- Film, lateral An X-ray picture taken from the side
- Marburg virus An inherited disorder of connective tissue characterized by abnormalities of the eyes, skeleton, and…
- Trauma Any injury, whether physically or emotionally inflicted. 'Trauma' has both a medical and a psychiatric…
- BF Abbreviation for 'black female' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Stem cell, spermatogonial See: Sperm stem cell