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Virulence
The ability of any agent of infection to produce disease. The virulence of a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) is a measure of the severity of the disease it is capable of causing. The adjective virulent implies extremely…
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- Kirklin, John W. American cardiovascular surgeon (1920-2004) who improved and applied the heart-lung machine to open heart…
- NARP >MELAS -- which stands for Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke:isease with…
- Multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma: A malignancy of plasma cells (a form of lymphocyte) that typically involves multiple sites…
- Care proxy, health A health care proxy is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Vasomotor rhinitis Inflammation of the nose (rhinitis) due to abnormal neuronal (nerve) control of the blood vessels in the…
- Chromatin remodelling See: Chromatin remodeling
- Herpes, genital See: Genital herpes