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Molluscum contagiosum
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Molluscum contagiosumA viral infection of the skin characterized by lesions with depressed centers containing a curd-like substance.
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Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
Skin
Skin is an organ of the integumentary system; which is composed of a layer of tissues that protect underlying muscles and organs. Skin is used for insulation, vitamin D production, sensation, and excretion (through sweat).
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Microbiology
The study of living microbes, including bacteria, protozoa and molds.
Microencephaly
Having an abnormally small brain.
Miliaria
"""Prickly heat"" or ""heat rash"" as a result of inflammation of the sweat glands and characterized by small, white or red skin eruptions."
Mittelschmerz
Pelvic pain between periods, corresponding to the release of an ovum (egg) by an ovary.
Mole
1. A fleshy, pigmented skin blemish. 2. A mass of uterine tissue formed by a failure of the normal fertilization process during conception.
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Mongolism
A condition present at birth characterized by mental deficiency, a broad face and slanting eyes. Also called Down syndrome.
Morbid
1. Pathologic or abnormal. 2. Having to do with, or characterized by, disease.
Mucosa
The membrane covering canals and cavities that open on the outside of the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory tract. Also called mucous membrane.
Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Mute
An inability or unwillingness to speak.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
Skin
Skin is an organ of the integumentary system; which is composed of a layer of tissues that protect underlying muscles and organs. Skin is used for insulation, vitamin D production, sensation, and excretion (through sweat).
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Microbiology
The study of living microbes, including bacteria, protozoa and molds.
Microencephaly
Having an abnormally small brain.
Miliaria
"""Prickly heat"" or ""heat rash"" as a result of inflammation of the sweat glands and characterized by small, white or red skin eruptions."
Mittelschmerz
Pelvic pain between periods, corresponding to the release of an ovum (egg) by an ovary.
Mole
1. A fleshy, pigmented skin blemish. 2. A mass of uterine tissue formed by a failure of the normal fertilization process during conception.
Molluscum contagiosum
Mongolism
A condition present at birth characterized by mental deficiency, a broad face and slanting eyes. Also called Down syndrome.
Morbid
1. Pathologic or abnormal. 2. Having to do with, or characterized by, disease.
Mucosa
The membrane covering canals and cavities that open on the outside of the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory tract. Also called mucous membrane.
Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Mute
An inability or unwillingness to speak.
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