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Show more- Herpetiform virus A virus with the characteristic shape and behavior of a virus in the herpes family. Not all members of the…
- Pathogenesis The development of a disease. The origin of a disease and the chain of events leading to that disease
- Mastectomy, modified radical Removal of the breast tissue and the axillary lymph nodes, which are under the arms
- Pneumococcal immunization Vaccination to help prevent infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as the pneumococcus bacterium…
- Small cell lung cancer A type of lung cancer in which the cells appear small and round under the microscope. Also called oat cell…
- Quotidian Recurring each day, as in a fever that returns every day. From the Latin 'quotidianus' meaning 'daily.' (In…
- Bed bugs Bed bugs: Bed bugs are small, oval, wingless insects of the family Cimicidae, which have a flat…
- Dorsal The back or posterior side of a structure. "Dorsum" is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to…
- Pediatric kidney infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Basal ganglia A region consisting of 3 clusters of neurons (called the caudate nucleus, putamen, and the globus pallidus)…
- Syndrome, Gustavson A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a new X-linked mental retardation syndrome…
- His Histidine. See also: Amino acid symbols