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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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Bacteroides ureolyticus
Medical; Medicine
A species isolated from infections of the respiratory and intestinal tracts, and from the buccal cavity, intestinal tract, urogenital tract, and blood after a dental extraction. ...
Entamoeba polecki
Medical; Medicine
A species of ameba commonly found in the intestines of pigs; also parasitizes monkeys, cattle, goats, sheep and dogs; also found in humans, where it does not produce symptoms; ...
Entamoeba gingivalis
Medical; Medicine
A species of ameba found in the oral cavity of man, other primates, dogs, and cats; in humans, it is frequently associated with poor oral hygiene and its resultant diseases.
Entamoeba hartmanni
Medical; Medicine
A species of ameba found in the large intestine of humans, other primates, and dogs; now considered to be a distinct species that is nonpathogenic and smaller than Entamoeba ...
Entamoeba histolytica
Medical; Medicine
A species of ameba that is the only distinct pathogen of the genus, the so-called “large race” of Entamoeba histolytica, causing tropical or amebic dysentery in humans and also in ...
Entamoeba moshkovskii
Medical; Medicine
A species of ameba very similar to Entamoeba histolytica, probably not infective in humans, but a cause of diagnostic difficulties because it has been recovered from human sewage ...
Propionibacterium acnes
Medical; Medicine
A species of bacteria commonly found in acne pustules, although it occurs in other types of lesions in humans and even as a saprophyte in the intestine, skin, hair follicles, and ...
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