Author: Glossary

The pattern of pubic hair growth. It is different in males and females.  

A stain derived from escalin. It is used to stain and identify defects or injury of the cornea.  

A type of E. coli that can cause diarrhea in infants and travelers to developing nations. Fluid loss and abdominal cramping may be severe. The diarrhea results from the ingestion of tainted food or water and is produced by a heat stable toxin (ST) or a heat labile toxin (LT).  

A type of E. coli that produces infantile diarrhea, especially in developing countries.  

A type of E. coli that invades and multiplies in the epithelial cells of the distal ileum and colon causing dysentery, principally in infants and children.  

The strain of E. coli that causes colitis with copious bloody diarrhea.  

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.