Author: Glossary

A parasite responsible for causing African sleeping sickness.  

A parasite that is responsible for causing the disease surra in horses and cattle.  

The elimination or killing of trypanosomes.  

Lacking limbs or appendages.  

The Orr-Trueta method is a technique for treating war wounds that was refined during the Spanish Civil War by Trueta, a Spanish surgeon who later worked in England. This method evolved from the Winett-Orr closed plaster approach for wound care. It involves the prompt removal of significant contamination and dead tissue, which includes surgically cutting…

The adaptation of cells in response to signals coming from nutrients.  

The nerves responsible for regulating the nourishment of organs.  

Impaired nourishment of a body part due to malfunction of the nerves that control nutrition.  

A quivering or shaking of the voice.  

Able to be ground down into a fine powder.