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HBV
Hepatitis B virus. A virus which primarily causes inflammation of the liver. The hepatitis B virus can be transmitted in several ways including blood transfusion, needle sticks, body piercing and tattooing using unsterile instruments…
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Show more- Muscle Muscle is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of…
- Acute membranous gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- YAC YAC stands for yeast artificial chromosome, a vector (carrier) created and used in the laboratory to clone…
- Nominal aphasia See Anomia
- Deer mouse A deceptively cute rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary…
- Ventricular beat, premature See: Extrasystole
- Injury, hangman (Hangman's fracture) Injury to one of the two crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh…
- Coxa valga Inward curvature of the hip. Malformation of the hip at birth, such as coxa valga, can increase one's risk…
- Perfusion A chemotherapy technique that may be used when melanoma occurs on an arm or leg. The flow of blood to and…
- Accoucheur French for a male obstetrician, a physician skilled in the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and…
- Hematopoietic Pertaining to hematopoiesis
- Neck, wry Medically called spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis. The most common of the focal dystonias. In…