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Smallpox bioterrorism
The misuse of smallpox as an agent of bioterrorism. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. Routine vaccinations stopped in the US in 1972. More than 40% of Americans and many others around the world have not been vaccinated and are vulnerable…
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Show more- Pneuma The life-giving principle. According to the school of medicine in ancient Alexandria, life was associated…
- Torticollis The most common of the focal dystonias, torticollis is a state of excessive of inadequate muscle tone in the…
- RUL Acronym for the right upper lobe (of the lung). The right lung has three lobes: the right lower lobe (RLL)…
- Pain An unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony. Pain has both physical and…
- Acanthamoeba keratitis Infection of the cornea by acanthamoeba, a microscopic water-borne ameba. The disease tends to occur in…
- C4 (cervical vertebra) The fourth cervical (neck) vertebra from the top
- Ultrasound, transvaginal A technique in which sound waves are sent out by an ultrasound probe that has been inserted in the vagina…
- Condyloma acuminatum See: Genital wart
- Myopathy Any and all disease of muscle. Or any type of damage to muscle. There are many different kinds of myopathies…
- Artery, pulmonary See: Pulmonary artery
- Symphysis pubis The area in the front of the pelvis where the pubic bones (the two bones of the pubis) meet
- Type 2 myotonic dystrophy See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2