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Rice rat
A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the US. The rice rat measures 5 to 6 inches for the head and body, plus a very long 4 to 7 inch tail. Rice rats sport short, soft…
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- Pee An informal term for piss, meant to lessen its vulgarity, but synonymous with it
- Chronicity Characterized by long duration. The state of being chronic
- Fetoscopy A technique for looking directly at the fetus within the uterus (using a fetoscope).
- GB virus C A virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which does not…
- Prader-Willi syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome: A syndrome characterized by severe hypotonia (floppiness), poor suck and feeding…
- Bulimia nervosa See Bulimia
- Antimalarial A drug directed against malaria. The original antimalarial agent was quinine which took its name from the…
- SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) The sudden and unexpected death of a baby with no known illness, typically affecting sleeping infants between…
- Pregnancy planning Pregnancy planning: Pregnancy planning addresses issues like nutrition, vitamins, body weight, exercise…
- EYCL1 A gene for green/blue eye color located on chromosome 19. See also: Eye color
- APOBEC3G A human protein that interferes with the replication of HIV by incorporating itself into virus particles and…