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Microbe
Medical term · M
A microorganism.
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Live attenuated vaccines
Vaccines made from a weakened virus or microbe. These weakened viruses and microbes don't cause disease; instead they teach the body to recognize the substance as harmful and…
Subunit vaccines
Vaccines using only part of a microbe—the antigens—to elicit an immune response; these vaccines tend to cause fewer adverse reactions than vaccines which contain the whole microbe.
Microaneurysm
A tiny bulge that develops in the wall of a blood vessel.
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