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  • 31Virus, attenuated — To attenuate is to weaken or to make (or become) thin. The word derives from a combination of the Latin prefix ad , meaning to or toward, and tenuis, meaning thin. The use of attenuate in medicine is not new. In the 16th century, eating dried… …

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  • 32live attenuated influenza vaccine — (LAIV) influenza virus v. (def. 2) …

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  • 33atten — attenuated …

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  • 34live vaccine — attenuated v …

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  • 36ATR — Attenuated Total Reflectance (Academic & Science » Physics) Attenuated Total Reflectance (Academic & Science » Electronics) Automatic Target Recognition (Governmental » Military) **** Atrophy (Medical » Physiology) *** Average True Range… …

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  • 37vaccine — Originally, the live v. (vaccinia, cowpox) virus inoculated in the skin as prophylaxis against smallpox and obtained from the skin of calves inoculated with seed virus. Usage has extended the meaning to include essentially any preparation… …

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  • 38FluMist — Influenza (Flu) …

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  • 39ATC code J07 — J07 VaccinesJ07A Bacterial vaccinesJ07AC Anthrax vaccines:J07AC01 Anthrax antigenJ07AD Brucellosis vaccines:J07AD01 Brucella antigenJ07AE Cholera vaccines:J07AE01 Cholera, inactivated, whole cell:J07AE02 Cholera, live attenuated:J07AE51 Cholera,… …

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  • 40infectious disease — Introduction       in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… …

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