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  2. Aquagenic urticaria - Wikipedia

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    Medication. Antihistamines, propranolol, steroids. Aquagenic urticaria, also known as water allergy and water urticaria, is a form of physical urticaria in which hives develop on the skin after contact with water, regardless of its temperature. [ 1] The condition typically results from contact with water of any type, temperature or additive.

  3. Ipomoea aquatica - Wikipedia

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    Ipomoea aquatica, widely known as water spinach, is a semi- aquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots. I. aquatica is generally believed to have been first domesticated in Southeast Asia. It is widely cultivated in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia. It grows abundantly near waterways and requires little to no care.

  4. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

  5. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").

  6. Listeria - Wikipedia

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    Listeria grown on agar medium. TEM micrograph of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is a genus of bacteria that acts as an intracellular parasite in mammals. By 2024, 28 species had been identified. [1] [2] [3] The genus is named in honour of the British pioneer of sterile surgery Joseph Lister.

  7. Ipomoea - Wikipedia

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    Ipomoea ( / ˌɪpəˈmiː.ə, - oʊ -/) [ 3][ 4] is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc. [ 5] The genus occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical ...

  8. Morning glory - Wikipedia

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    Ipomoea aquatica, known as water spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, ong-choy, kang-kung, or swamp cabbage, is popularly used as a green vegetable, especially in East and Southeast Asian cuisines. In the US, I. aquatica is a federal noxious weed, and can be illegal to

  9. Aquatic plant - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments ( saltwater or freshwater ). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating.