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- Gonorrhea is a common, highly contagious, sexually transmitted diseases ... Gonorrhea affects the mucous membrane of the urinary and genital tracts ...15 KB (2,205 words) - 11:56, 24 January 2023
- are found in the blood. They are the most common type of blood cell and the ... have no DNA. In comparison, the erythrocytes of nearly all other vertebrates ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 02:30, 8 December 2022
- is the medical specialty that treats diseases, injuries, or other physical ... surgery is performed, or simply the office of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- Hedgehog is the common name for any of the small spiny, mammals comprising ... There are sixteen extant species of spiny hedgehog in five genera ...20 KB (2,961 words) - 15:14, 25 January 2023
- arises in children as a complication of strep throat that has been ... One of the most obvious preventive actions is addressing the original ...14 KB (1,938 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- Cockroach is the common name for any insect in the order (or suborder ... mya to about 299 mya). This makes them one of the oldest of fossilized insects ...21 KB (3,077 words) - 22:18, 7 January 2024
- The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that ... Allergies are very common disorders and more than 50 million people ...22 KB (3,374 words) - 00:41, 9 January 2023
- Entomology is the scientific study of insects. Insects are arthropods ... Insects have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms ...14 KB (2,060 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- “The Sea Around Us”, and “The Edge of the Sea” were immense successes ... our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe around us, the ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- essential in trace amounts for the function of certain enzymes in humans and ... This element and its compounds have a wide range of applications. ...23 KB (3,335 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- Horseshoe crab is the common name for various marine chelicerate arthropods ... fish, and are preyed upon by many species of fish and birds, as well as ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 18:15, 7 February 2024
- Budgerigar is the common name for small parrots belonging to the species ... They are native to Australia where flocks of 10 to 100 birds, and even up ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 18:36, 22 November 2023
- elastic, water-resistant, natural material of commercial importance and for ... in colloquial speech, is the outermost layer of a woody stem, derived from ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- animal science, is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock ... Because of agriculture, cities, as well as trade relations between ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 06:10, 28 July 2023
- a focus on others' needs, suppression of their own emotions, and attempts ... Codependency carries three potential levels of meaning. First, it ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- The brain is a centralized mass of nerve tissue enclosed within the ... Along with the spinal cord, the brain forms part of the central nervous ...28 KB (4,199 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
- in an agricultural setting for the purposes of profit or subsistence, whether ... Raising animals (animal husbandry) is an important component of modern ...26 KB (3,786 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- Yak is the common name for a stocky, ox-like bovine, Bos grunniens ... are important to the society and economies of local people in the high elevation ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:03, 22 May 2023
- and technology toward benefiting the lives of everyday people. Despite the ... known as Diamond, Missouri. The exact date of birth is unknown due to the ...18 KB (2,882 words) - 01:30, 23 November 2022
- Larch is the common name for any of the deciduous coniferous trees ... Larches are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere ...12 KB (1,828 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- slightly radioactive metal and is a member of the actinide series. It can ... abundant than uranium, and is about as common as lead. Soil commonly contains ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- fruit and vine-like plant (Citrullus lanatus of the family Cucurbitaceae) of ... This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- Cycads (division Cycadophyta) are an ancient group of seed plants ... produce seeds that grow naked on the scales of a cone-like structure rather ...26 KB (3,809 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- mountain range, forming a continuous chain of highland along the western ... feet (6,960 m) above sea level. The summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Ecuadorean ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- Passenger pigeon is the common name for an extinct migratory bird ... century, the species went from being one of the most abundant birds in ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- 200 books and articles in various fields of science. He was well versed ... Razi's portrait adorns the great hall of the Faculty of Medicine in ...24 KB (3,833 words) - 01:39, 8 December 2022
- produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the ... is FDG ([18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose), an analog of glucose, the concentrations ...26 KB (3,835 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- Onion is the common name for the herbaceous, cold season plant Allium ... Closely related plants of the same genus include chives (Allium schoenoprasum ...16 KB (2,477 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- In nature, it occurs mainly in the form of a black-brown oxide (MnO2) ... The greatest demand for manganese is for the production of iron and ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 11:03, 9 March 2023
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis ... Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, prognosis, ...53 KB (7,336 words) - 04:05, 9 November 2022
- Big Sur is a 100-mile stretch of ruggedly beautiful seacoast along ... Big Sur's boundaries are loosely defined; many definitions of ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- In the cosmology of Hinduism, the term Yuga (meaning: "age" ... associated with a progressive deterioration of dharma (or "righteousness ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 21:36, 4 June 2023
- New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- , officially titled "The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro ... Numerous unethical actions -- including lack of informed consent, ...41 KB (6,364 words) - 00:19, 27 December 2021
- Fasting refers to the act of willingly abstaining from the consumption ... Fasting for religious and spiritual reasons has been a part of human ...36 KB (5,745 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- Native American belief systems. At the core of the movement was the visionary ... the Ghost Dance is built on the foundation of the traditional circle dance ...15 KB (2,439 words) - 18:46, 8 December 2022
- jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 ... opinions, and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures, he is ...24 KB (3,494 words) - 00:24, 18 November 2022
- Raccoon (sometimes racoon) is the common name for any of the New World ... The "common raccoon," P. lotor, also known simply as "the ...75 KB (11,261 words) - 20:56, 26 October 2023
- Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- white luster that can take a high degree of polish. Along with copper and ... electronic products. The nitrate and halides of silver are valuable in photography ...20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- ) is a range of traditional medical practices originating in China ... TCM theory asserts that processes of the human body are interrelated ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible ... Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from ...46 KB (6,635 words) - 22:34, 28 January 2024
- Nazi human experimentation, in the context of this article, refers ... such atrocities as amputation and removal of body parts without anesthesia ...58 KB (8,390 words) - 00:12, 25 October 2021
- contagious viral disease caused by any of three serotypes of poliovirus ... Although polio has caused paralysis and death for much of human history ...72 KB (10,129 words) - 16:53, 27 December 2023
- Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the Caribbean ... social, and economic problems. As a result of mismanagement, very few natural ...32 KB (4,684 words) - 16:54, 21 January 2024
- Unit 731, short for Manshu Detachment 731, was a unit of the Imperial ... The heinous acts of torture committed by Unit 731 mirrored the inhumane ...57 KB (8,103 words) - 19:47, 9 February 2022
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- Copper (symbol Cu, atomic number 29) is one of the oldest known metals ... used in hospitals to prevent the transfer of germs, and copper (II) sulfate ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam, India has World Heritage ... Kaziranga hosts a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland and ...31 KB (4,349 words) - 22:14, 15 September 2023
- Cancer, or "malignant neoplasm," is a large category of ... If the spread of cancer is not controlled, it can result in death ...90 KB (13,223 words) - 19:16, 25 November 2023
- as wings, and a bony beak without teeth. Common characteristics of birds ... has been observed to reach a flying speed of at least 124 mph (200 km/h ...31 KB (4,741 words) - 02:41, 8 March 2023
- the jar/box, providing humanity with a degree of solace. The myth of the Pandora's Box has been widely criticized as an ...20 KB (3,287 words) - 06:35, 18 November 2022
- Redwood is a common name used for three species of trees with red ... The term is also used for the wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris ...28 KB (4,391 words) - 18:22, 27 July 2022
- Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia, as well as its chief ... The four main highways of Zambia; the Great North Road to Tanzania ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- Formerly Haute-Volta it was a colony of French West Africa, before ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- or event that goes against the ordinary laws of physics, which are especially ... but beneficial event (such as the survival of a natural disaster), or even ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- Bobcat is the common name for a medium-sized wild cat of North America ... swampland environments. It persists in much of its original range and populations ...41 KB (6,143 words) - 23:59, 11 January 2023
- first discussed by Sigmund Freud as part of his psychoanalytic theory and ... is to address the underlying causes of the pain these mechanisms are ...32 KB (4,936 words) - 09:11, 28 January 2024
- Platypus is the common name for a semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal ... The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, ...38 KB (5,579 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such ... peer support, and self-help. In a minority of cases, there might be involuntary ...72 KB (9,918 words) - 21:54, 14 November 2023
- Yukon, also known as the "Yukon Territory," is one of Canada ... Disputed evidence of the oldest remains of human inhabitation in North ...24 KB (3,529 words) - 21:38, 4 June 2023
- is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson ... administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is the ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second-largest ... native peoples had occupied the island of Montreal for at least 2,000 ...44 KB (6,520 words) - 21:16, 9 November 2022
- fuel obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, often called petrodiesel ... Diesel engines are a type of internal combustion engine. Rudolf Diesel ...30 KB (4,446 words) - 14:28, 29 January 2024
- .nsf/mf/3238.0.55.001 Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... 2.7% of Australia's population |popplace=New South Wales 2.9 ...50 KB (7,297 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- vary in size from a handful to many hundreds of individuals. There are as many ... daily basis. In turn, AA offers a community of recovering people who support ...34 KB (5,182 words) - 05:06, 17 June 2023
- Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a public ... The goal of water fluoridation is to prevent tooth decay (dental caries ...64 KB (9,289 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- At present there are 63 different species of plants known to contain ... Some less common sources of caffeine are cassine (Ilex vomitoria) ...31 KB (4,564 words) - 09:39, 22 April 2023
- Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is China ... and parking lots for automobiles, north of the foreign concessions. During ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- center, as well as the administrative heart of the European Union (EU). All ... Brussels has grown from a seventh century chapel into a metropolis ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- 039;s Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government ... The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- when he vindicated the defeat and murder of Charles George Gordon in the ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- Neanderthal or Neandertal is a relatively recent extinct member of ... Sequencing of the Neanderthal genome has suggested that Neanderthals ...80 KB (11,439 words) - 04:24, 11 March 2023
- Childhood (being a child) is a broad term usually applied to the phase ... life or to learn to live for the sake of others. The role of parents ...37 KB (5,556 words) - 01:00, 23 February 2021
- Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent ... possibly the culture and even ethnic group of an individual has implications ...42 KB (6,335 words) - 06:13, 15 June 2023
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... in the Thai language and is also the name of the majority Thai ethnic group. ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... term has been understood to refer to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- The Pilgrim Fathers is the common name for a group of English separatists ... The founding of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts and its historic ...56 KB (8,607 words) - 20:39, 9 April 2023
- An Drochshaol), known more commonly outside of Ireland as the Irish Potato ... The Irish Potato Famine was the culmination of a social, biological, political ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 13:17, 6 March 2024
- " a nickname earned during the War of 1812 because of the prominent ... The State joined the Confederate States of America during the American ...47 KB (6,620 words) - 03:00, 19 April 2023
- The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... century, eventually affecting most of the world. The impact of this ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- The term enemy of the people or enemy of the nation, is a term used ... Totalitarian governments like the Soviet Union made extensive use ...44 KB (5,878 words) - 20:20, 30 October 2022
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event ... A person with PTSD is at a higher risk of suicide and intentional ...49 KB (6,562 words) - 21:38, 13 October 2023
- National Park located in the western states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho ... volcanic eruption spewed an immense volume of ash that covered all of what ...33 KB (5,106 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- is widely regarded as the premier chemist of the twentieth century. He pioneered ... advocate for greatly increased consumption of vitamin C and other nutrients ...44 KB (6,490 words) - 04:18, 29 October 2022
- Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent ... #039;s interior. The organic composition of Barbados is thought to be of ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- Clinical psychology is the application of psychology to assess mental ... to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of deleterious mental conditions ...40 KB (5,433 words) - 18:22, 30 January 2024
- #039; national hero and the anniversary of Rizal's death is commemorated ... The seventh of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town ...46 KB (7,054 words) - 22:16, 9 December 2023
- established in 1945 for the purpose of securing world peace. It replaced ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- |image=[[Image:Anishinabe.svg|200px]] Crest of the Ojibwa people ... The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is one of ...46 KB (6,830 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- West Virginia is a state in the Appalachia/Upland South region of ... West Virginia is one of the Border States. The state's Northern ...40 KB (5,933 words) - 17:17, 4 May 2023
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... First settled in the tenth century B.C.E. by speakers of Proto-South ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan ... Although the country is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations ... United Nations in order to liberate the nation of Kuwait. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates ... Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- colonial administration that lasted from 1952 to 1960. The core of ... the British always represented as a series of lawless acts by dangerous criminal ...44 KB (6,886 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
