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An erythrocyte that is dehydrated and appears to have “puddled” at one end, seeming half dark and half light. This type of cell is found in hereditary xerocytosis.  

A disease of the hair in which there is abnormal dryness and brittleness, and eventually hair loss.  

Of some viruses, capable of growing in a species that differs from their normal host.  

The rat flea; other hosts include humans. This species is a vector for a number of pathogens including Hymenolepis nana, the dwarf tapeworm; Salmonella organisms; the causative organisms of bubonic and sylvatic plague and endemic typhus.  

Inflammation of the eye caused by a foreign body.  

Alteration in accent and intonation of a person’s voice resulting from a speech defect. A change in the pitch or timbre of the voice.  

An ectoparasite of a weakened animal, one that would not normally serve as a host. An organism that typically does not act as a parasite, but causes disease in a host due to the host’s decreased resistance.  

A gaseous element; atomic weight, 131.29; atomic number, 54. Xenon can be used as an (expensive) anesthetic agent. It is neither explosive nor inflammatory, and it is analgesic and hypnotic. It has no teratogenic effects, does not suppress cardiac function, and has a short recovery time.  

Menstruation from a part of the body other than the uterus.  

Caused by a foreign body.