| epidemic typhus |
A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40?c (104?f), intractable headache, and a pink-to-red raised rash. The cause is a microorganism called rickettsia prowazekii. It is found worldwide and is transmitted by lice. [CancerWEB]
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| epidemic |
The occurrence of cases of an illness in a community or region which is in excess of the number of cases normally expected for that disease in that area at that time.
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| epidermoid |
(adjective) : resembling epidermis or epidermal cells : made up of elements like those of epidermis <~ cancer of the lung>
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| epidermoid cyst |
(noun) : a cystic tumor containing epidermal or similar tissue -- called also epidermoid; --see cholesteatoma
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| epidermis |
the outermost layer of the integument (see figure at that entry) During development, the inner layer (stratum basale or stratum germinativum) is in contact with the basement membrane.
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