| DPI | daily permissible intake; days post inoculation; dietary protein intake; diphtheria-pertussis immuni... |
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| EPI | echo planar imaging; electronic portal imaging; Emotion Profile Index; epilepsy; epinephrine; epithe... |
| immun | immune, immunity, immunization |
| IR | drop of voltage across a resistor produced by a current; ileal resection; immune response; immunizat... |
| YFI | yellow fever immunization |
| plague, bubonic | The most common form of the plague named for the characteristic buboes which are enlarged lymph nodes ( swollen glands ) in the groin that aretender and painful. Lymph nodes may be similarly affected in the armpits (axillae), neck and elsewhere. Other features of the bubonic plague include headache, fever, chills, and weakness. The odd word bubo comes from the greek boubon meaning groin or swollen groin. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| plague, great | The Great Plague that swept London in 1665 was probably not really the plague but rather typhus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plague pneumonia | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of plague in which there are areas of pulmonary consolidation, with chill, pain in the side, bloody expectoration, and high fever. Synonym: plague pneumonia, pulmonic plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plague septicaemia | Infection with the plague organism, Yersinia pestis, with blood-stream infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plague, sylvatic | Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the united states. Sylvatic has to do with sylvan, the woods. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plague vaccine | A suspension of killed yersinia pestis used for immunizing people in enzootic plague areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonic plague | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of plague in which there are areas of pulmonary consolidation, with chill, pain in the side, bloody expectoration, and high fever. Synonym: plague pneumonia, pulmonic plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic plague | The haemorrhagic form of bubonic plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonic plague | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of plague in which there are areas of pulmonary consolidation, with chill, pain in the side, bloody expectoration, and high fever. Synonym: plague pneumonia, pulmonic plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| septicaemic plague | A generally fatal form of plague in which there is an intense bacteraemia with symptoms of profound toxaemia. Synonym: pestis siderans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squirrel plague conjunctivitis | One of the causes of Parinaud's conjunctivitis. Synonym: tularaemic conjunctivitis, conjunctivitis tularensis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sylvatic plague | Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the united states. Sylvatic means pertaining to the woods (sylvan). (12 Dec 1998) |
| duck plague | A viral enteritis of ducks and other waterfowl in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Caused by an anatid herpes virus 1; manifested by weakness, lethargy, and diarrhoea accompanied by catarrhal haemorrhagic enteritis and echymotic haemorrhages in organs and muscles. Synonym: duck viral enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| duck plague virus | A herpesvirus that causes duck plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| larval plague | ambulant plague |