| shield |
frontal calcified portion of carapace in hermit crabs, excluding softer posterior portion.
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| shingles |
a condition characterized by painful blisters that typically appear in a linear distribution on the skin following nerve pathways. Shingles is caused by reactivation of a previous infection with the varicella-zoster virus.
Ãâó: www.aegis.com/pubs/beta/1999/be990414.html
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| shingles |
acute infection of the peripheral nervous system caused by herpes zoster virus; zona
Ãâó: www.lovingscents.com/Glossary.htm
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| shield |
Two flat discs of calcite with water flow in the center, attached to cave ceiling, wall or floor and projecting outward. It is suggested that water seeps under pressure along the fracture of the shield and moves out to the rim where deposition occurs and increases its diameter. The cause of the formation is not known.
Ãâó: www.nps.gov/cave/glossary.htm
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| shigellosis |
An infection of the intestine with the bacteria Shigella. Shigella may cause high fever, diarrhea and dehydration.
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