Category: I

A superfamily of Acarina, the ticks, in which the adults have a thick cuticle.  

A family of ticks belonging to the order Acarina, class Arachnida, comprising the hard-bodied ticks including the genera Amblyomma, Boophilus, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Hyalomma, Ixodes, and Rhipicephalus. All are parasitic and of significance as pests or as transmitters of disease in domestic animals and humans. Among the diseases transmitted by ticks are Rocky Mountain spotted fever,…

Mongolian spot-like cutaneous lesion over the shoulders, supraclavicular areas, sides of the neck, scapula areas, and upper arms. It is present at birth and tends to disappear with time, usually by age 4 or 5. Although cosmetically undesirable to some, the lesion is benign.  

The state of reproducing more than once in a lifetime.  

A narrowing of the body of the uterus just above the cervix.  

The thick-walled segment of the uterine (fallopian) tube just before it enters the wall of the uterus.  

A narrow band of thyroid tissue connecting the right and left lobes of the thyroid gland.  

A constriction connecting the posterior mouth cavity proper with the pharynx. The walls of the isthmus are the palatoglossal arches.  

The narrowest section of the auditory tube, where the bony canal meets the cartilaginous tube.  

Paralysis of the muscles of the fauces.