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Dumdum fever
Also called kala-azar, a chronic, potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs) due to infection by an agent called Leishmania donovani. Leishmania donovani is transmitted by sandfly bites in parts of Asia…
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- Palliation To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…
- Germ 1. A cell or group of cells (called a primordium) capable of developing into an organ, a part or an organism…
- Enterocolitis, Crohn See: Crohn disease
- Immunity, innate See: Innate immunity
- Green fluorescent protein Abbreviated GFP. A protein that glows green under fluorescent light. Found naturally in the jellyfish…
- Shock, toxic See Syndrome, toxic shock.
- Inversion, chromosome A chromosome segment is clipped out, turned upside down and reinserted back into the chromosome. A chromosome…
- Urethritis Inflammation of the urethra. (The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine…
- Renal stone A stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Also called a kidney stone. Renal stones are a…
- PGE-2 Prostaglandin E2
- Hybridization, fluorescent in situ An important molecular cytogenetic method for identifying chromosomes and parts of chromosomes, deciphering…