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Mycobacterium leprae
The bacillus responsible for leprosy (Hansen disease). Mycobacterium leprae is an obligate parasite that has to live within cells. There it is able to withstand the onslaught of enzymes and other forces by virtue of possessing a peculiarly…
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Show more- Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1 Abbreviated CRAC1. Also known as hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome
- Whipple procedure A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer. The head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the…
- Menstrual spotting The presence of apparent menstrual blood during the wrong parts of the menstrual cycle. Some women have a…
- Sequence, finished DNA A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are…
- Round To go around and see a patient in a hospital or other in-patient setting
- Corneal dystrophy, lattice See: Lattice dystrophy
- Syndrome, Timothy See: Timothy syndrome
- Tick fever See: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Pacing, diaphragm See: Diaphragm pacing
- Allergy, peanut See: Peanut allergy
- Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia A mass of tissue that develops on the inside wall of a hollow organ, as within the colon or rectum. The word…
- Systole, premature See: Extrasystole