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AcnePain Definitions
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Hair FolliclePronounced - fol-ih-kul
A tiny shaft or opening on the surface of the skin through which a hair grows.
Helminth
A large, worm-like, multicellular organism that is generally visible to the naked eye in its adult stages. Helminths can be free-living or a parasite of humans and other animals. Helminths cannot multiply in humans in their adult form. There are three main groups of helminths that are human parasites: 1) Platyhelminths (flatworms)- these include trematodes (flukes) and cestodes (tapeworms), 2) Acanthocephalins (thorny-headed worms) - the adult forms of these worms live in the gastrointestinal tract, 3) Nematodes (roundworms) - the adult forms of these worms can live in the gastrointestinal tract, blood, lymphatic system or subcutaneous tissues.
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is a part of red blood cells that carries oxygen in the blood.
Hormone
Pronounced - HOR-moan
A hormone is a natural body chemical that has effects on or controls other parts of the body. For example, estrogen and progesterone in females, testosterone in males, and androgens in both males and females. Synthetic hormones, such as birth control pills, are drugs similar to human hormones.
Hospital-Acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA)
Staph infections, including MRSA, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes and dialysis centers) who have weakened immune systems. These hospital and healthcare associated staph infections include surgical wound infections, urinary tract infections, bloodstream infections, and pneumonia.
Hygiene
Pronounced - HY-jeen
The science of health, and the conditions or practices of cleanliness that promotes good health and well-being to fight against illness and disease.
Hypodermis
Hypodermis (or Subcutis) is the third layer of your skin, fatty layer of subcutaneous tissue, the bottom, deepest layer.
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