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A rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by camptodactyly and granulomatous involvement of joints, skin, and uvea.  

The Oriental cockroach, also known as the black beetle, a common European house pest.  

A genus of insects (that includes the cockroaches) of the order Orthoptera.  

A spore formed by budding from a hypha, as in yeast.  

The species that causes North American blastomycosis, a rare fungal infection in humans.  

A neoplasm composed of immature, undifferentiated cells derived from the blastema of an organ or tissue. A growth that arises from undeveloped or embryonic cells.  

Lysis or destruction of a germ cell or a blastoderm.  

A globulin found in the uterine lumen of some mammals near the time of blastocyst implantation.  

Intestinal infection with Blastocystis hominis.  

A protozoan once thought to be a harmless commensal in the human gastrointestinal tract but now believed to be an intestinal parasite that produces diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloating, and weight loss in some people.