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Infection
The growth of a parasitic organism within the body. (A parasitic organism is one that lives on or in another organism and draws its nourishment therefrom.) A person with an infection has another organism (a 'germ') growing within him…
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Show more- Gigantism Excessive growth both in height and specific body parts. Gigantism with extreme height may be associated with…
- Indicate In medicine, to make a treatment or procedure advisable because of a particular condition or circumstance…
- Mg Abbreviation for milligram, a unit of measurement of mass in the metric system equal to a thousandth of a…
- Speech, esophageal See: Esophageal speech
- Periodontitis Gum disease. The word 'periodontitis' literally means 'inflammation around the tooth.' Periodontitis and all…
- Tick bite A bite from a bloodsucking, parasitic insect that punctures the skin with a sharp beak. The tic burrows into…
- Sir Charles Bell See: Bell, Charles
- Clinical cytogenetics The application of chromosome studies to clinical medicine. For example, clinical cytogenetic testing is done…
- Duodenum The first part of the small intestine. The duodenum extends from the pylorus at the bottom of the stomach to…
- Liquid diet The Liquid diet is the restriction of solid food intake, and replacement of solid food with liquids. In…
- Infantile vitamin B1 deficiency See: Infantile beriberi
- Telepathology The use of telecommunications technology to facilitate the transfer of image-rich pathology data between…