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pork measles — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : infestation of muscles and especially those of swine with cysticerci of the pork tapeworm … Useful english dictionary
Measles — An acute and highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading skin rash. Measles, also known as rubeola, is a potentially disastrous disease. It can be complicated by ear infections, pneumonia,… … Medical dictionary
pork tapeworm — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cysticercosis — An infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs when the tapeworm larvae enter the body and form cysticerci (SIS tuh sir KEY) (cysts). When cysticerci are found in the brain, the condition is called neurocysticercosis… … Medical dictionary
Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… … Universalium
Measly — The word measly can refer to measles, and, thence, to spotty and, thence, to something that is of little value. In medicine, the measly tapeworm is the pork tapeworm (T. solium) which can be contracted through eating measly pork (pork infected… … Medical dictionary
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2009 flu pandemic — Pandemic H1N1/09 Influenza Classification and external resources Electron microscope image of the reassorted H1N1 influenza virus. The viruses are 100 nanometres in diameter.[ … Wikipedia
therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… … Universalium
Transmission (medicine) — In medicine and biology, transmission is the passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected.[1] Sometimes… … Wikipedia
