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Amnesia, transient global
See: Transient global amnesia.
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- Fauces The throat. The word fauces is the plural of the Latin faux meaning a small passage.
- Pneumocystis jiroveci See: Pneumocystis
- Mutagenesis The development and production of mutations in the genome
- Fetal alcohol syndrome Fetal alcohol syndrome: The sum total of the damage done to the child before birth as a result of the mother…
- Stomatitis, Vincent This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome. A severe form of pneumonia which appeared in outbreaks in 2003. See…
- Vaccination, chickenpox See Chickenpox immunization
- Herbicide chemical 2,4-DCP A poisonous chemical used to produce a herbicide. 2,4-DCP (short for 2,4-dichlorophenol) is employed in the…
- Ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis: A relatively common disease that causes inflammation of the large intestine (the colon)…