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Herpes

An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another.

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Shingles 76% connected

A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

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Zoster 76% connected

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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

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Calymmatobacterium noun · 86% connection

a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

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(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

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Francisella noun · 86% connection

a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)

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Genus Calymmatobacterium noun · 86% connection

a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

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Genus Francisella noun · 86% connection

a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)

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Intestinal flora noun · 86% connection

harmless microorganisms (as Escherichia coli) that inhabit the intestinal tract and are essential for its normal functioning

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any organism of microscopic size

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(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)

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Binomial adjective · 78% connection

Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other th…

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Blight noun · 78% connection

A rashlike eruption on the human skin.

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Brain noun · 78% connection

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…

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Brush noun · 78% connection

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…

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Cluster verb · 78% connection

To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.

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Clustery noun · 78% connection

Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.

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Courap noun · 78% connection

A skin disease, common in India, in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face.

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Dermis noun · 78% connection

The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and end…

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Discoid lupus erythematosus noun · 78% connection

a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over th…

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DLE noun · 78% connection

a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over th…

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Eczema noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the disc…

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Eczema herpeticum noun · 78% connection

eczema characterized by a feverish condition and widespread eruption of vesicles; most common in children

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