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Chlamydia
A type of bacteria one species of which causes an infection very similar to gonorrhea in the way that it is spread, the symptoms it produces, and the long-term consequences. Like gonorrhea, chlamydia is found in the cervix and urethra and…
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- Cryptosporidiosis An intestinal infection characterized by diarrhea caused by a microscopic parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum…
- Myeloproliferative Referring to the proliferation of the bone marrow cells that give rise to red blood cells, granulocytes (a…
- Trip Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine and for LSD
- Ser Serine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Bacterial artificial chromosome Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The symptoms include…
- ADAMTS2 A gene that encodes a metalloproteinase enzyme. This enzyme is responsible for processing type I, type II…
- Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Eyes, glaucoma Glaucoma: Disease (there is more than one type) characterized by increased pressure within the eye. Glaucoma…
- Thanatophoric dysplasia A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after…
- Streptococcus, group B A major cause of infections, including infections involving the pregnant woman and her newborn infant. Strep…
- Reduction division The first cell division in meiosis, the process by which germ cells are formed. A unique event in which the…