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Pathogen
An agent of disease. A disease producer. The term pathogen most commonly is used to refer to infectious organisms. These include bacteria (such as staph), viruses (such as HIV), and fungi (such as yeast). Less commonly, pathogen refers to…
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- Pruritus Itching. Pruritus can result from drug reaction, food allergy, kidney or liver disease, cancers, parasites…
- Anticoagulant agent A medication used as a 'blood-thinner' to prevent the formation of blood clots and to maintain open blood…
- Disease, Alpers See: Alpers disease
- Acetylcysteine An antioxidant drug used to reduce the thickness of mucus and ease its removal. It is also used to reverse…
- Antidepressant, MAOI Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), one of a potent class of medications used to treat depression
- Keratosis pilaris Keratosis pilaris: Small rough bumps, generally on the face, upper arms, and thighs. Keratosis refers to a…
- Resectable Able to be removed (resected) by surgery
- Fibula The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The…
- GBV-C GB virus C, a virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which…
- Red jungle fowl genome The genome of Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens. See: Chicken genome
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