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Yellow fever vaccination
A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical areas in the Americas and Africa where yellow fever occurs. Because it is a live vaccine, it should not be given to infants or…
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- Linus Pauling See: Pauling, Linus
- Marriage, cousin A form of consanguinity. Everyone carries recessive alleles, genes that are generally innocuous in the…
- Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, Jr. See: Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer, Jr.
- Refraction test Also termed vision test, the refraction test is an examination that tests an individual's ability to see an…
- Sulfonylurea A class of oral hypoglycemic agents (pills and capsules taken to lower the level of blood glucose) by people…
- Cholesterol lowering with fibrate The fibrates are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are primarily effective in lowering triglycerides and, to a…
- Meralgia paresthetica Meralgia paresthetica: Entrapment or pinching of the nerve that supplies sensation to the outer portion of…
- Hydrocephalus, normal pressure See: Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Vaccine, meningococcal A vaccine to prevent meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and…
- Carbolic acid A synonym of phenol. In dilute solution, an antimicrobial agent. First used to clean wounds and dress them by…
- Artemsisia annua A Chinese herb (qinghaosu or sweet wormwood) from which is extracted the antimalarial agent artemisinin