| rat mite dermatitis | An eruption of wheals, papules, or vesicles caused by the rat mite. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mite | 1. <zoology> A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina. 2. [D. Mijt; prob. The same word] A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. "Two mites, which make a farthing." (Mark xii. 49) 3. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. 4. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. "For in effect they be not worth a myte." (Chaucer) Origin: AS. Mite mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. Mite, D. Mijt, G. Miete, OHG. Miza; cf. Goth. Maitan to cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mite-borne typhus | Scrub: typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or tache noire) at the site of the chigger (mite larva) bite. This disease occurs in the area bounded by japan, india, and Australia. Known also as tsutsugamushi disease and tropical typhus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mite-born typhus | A mild infectious disease first observed in new york city caused by rickettsia akari, transmitted from its mouse host by chigger or adult mite bites. There is fever, a dark spot that becomes a small ulcer at the site of the bite, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) in that region, and a raised blistery (vesicular) rash. Also known as vesicular rickettsiosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mite infestations | Infestations with arthropods of the order acarina other than the suborder ixodides. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mite typhus | See Typhus, scrub. (12 Dec 1998) |
| water mite | <zoology> Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in colour, and while young are parasites of fresh water insects and mussels. Synonym: water tick, and water spider. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| typhus, mite-borne | See Typhus, scrub. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacterial food poisoning | A term commonly used to refer to conditions limited to enteritis or gastroenteritis (excluding the enteric fevers and the dysenteries) caused by bacterial multiplication per se or by a soluble bacterial exotoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| health food | A non-medical term defined by the lay public as a food that has little or no preservatives, which has not undergone major processing, enrichment or refinement and which may be grown without pesticides. Health foods have been attributed with the ability to prevent the development of diseases, slow the aging process, and prolong life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| salmonella food poisoning | Poisoning caused by ingestion of food harboring species of salmonella. Conditions of raising, shipping, slaughtering, and marketing of domestic animals contribute to the spread of this bacterium in the food supply. (12 Dec 1998) |
| staphylococcal food poisoning | Poisoning by staphylococcal toxins present in contaminated food. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Staphylococcus food poisoning | Outbreaks commonly caused by staphylococcal enterotoxin and characterised by an abrupt onset of gastroenteritis within several hours after ingestion of the food contaminated with the preformed exotoxin; vomiting is usually more severe and diarrhoea less severe than in infectious forms of bacterial food poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infant food | Food processed and manufactured for the nutritional health of children in their first year of life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| essential food factors | Those substances required in the diet: certain amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, essential minerals, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |