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A species pathogenic to fish that may cause cellulitis in persons who handle affected fish and have skin abrasions.  

Any streptococcal infection.  

The preferred name for those toxic chemicals released by Group A streptococci that were formerly known as erythrogenic toxins. They are responsible for the rash children experience with scarlet fever and for many of the septic manifestations of toxic shock syndrome.  

The resistance of a material to force applied perpendicular to the plane of the material.  

A self-limiting skin condition accompanied by itching owing to working in straw or sleeping on a straw mattress. The straw contains a mite that causes the pruritic eruption.  

The layer of smooth muscle fibers in myometrium lying between the stratum submucosum and the stratum supravasculare.  

The layer of circular and longitudinal muscle fibers of the myometrium lying between the stratum subserosum and the stratum vasculare.  

The layer of smooth muscle fibers of myometrium that lies immediately under the serous coat.  

The layer of smooth muscle fibers of the myometrium lying contiguous with the endometrium.  

The middle layer of decidua of the endometrium.