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Medicine
The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
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titubation
Medical; Medicine
1. A staggering or stumbling in trying to walk. 2. A tremor or shaking of the head, of cerebellar origin.
Eubacterium pseudotortuosum
Medical; Medicine
A bacterial species found in a case of purulent, acute appendicitis; occurs uncommonly in the intestines.
Balantidium
Medical; Medicine
A genus of ciliates (family Balantidiidae) found in the digestive tract of vertebrates and invertebrates.
vampire bat
Medical; Medicine
A member of the genus Desmodus; an important reservoir host of rabies virus in Central and South America.
Cladosporium (Xylohypha) bantianum
Medical; Medicine
A species of fungi that causes cerebral cladosporiosis; probably synonymous with Cladosporium trichoides.
basilar papilla
Medical; Medicine
The auditory sense organ of birds, amphibians, and reptiles; homologous to the organ of Corti in mammals.
