Category: E

A type of E. coli that causes persistent diarrhea, especially in the immunosuppressed.  

Removal of the eschar formed on the skin and underlying tissue of severely burned areas. This procedure can be life-saving when used to allow expansion of the chest and is also used to restore circulation to the extremities of patients in which the eschar forms a tight swollen band around the circumference of the limb.…

The development of resistance to the effects of a continuously present stimulus.  

To increase, especially the dosage of a medication.  

A type of parvovirus that causes erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), a usually benign, nonfebrile disease. However, intrauterine infection may produce fetal anemia with hydrops fetalis and death. Infection of immunocompromised patients or patients with sickle cell anemia may cause aplastic anemia, and complications may lead to death. It was formerly known as parvovirus B19.  

An exotoxin that lyses red blood cells.  

Accumulation of red blood cells in vessels due to cessation of the blood flow.  

A reddish-purple discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes in polycythemia.  

A dye used as a dental disclosing agent. It is applied to the teeth in a 2% solution or in soluble tablets, which are chewed.  

A term formerly used to indicate rhodopsin, or visual purple.