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  2. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    Sap introduced into the human eye may cause temporary blindness. [104] It is known to be mildly toxic to cats, dogs, and horses. [105] Excoecaria agallocha: milky mangrove, blind-your-eye mangrove, river poison tree Euphorbiaceae: Contact with latex can cause skin irritation and blistering; eye contact can cause temporary blindness. [citation ...

  3. Autoimmune disease - Wikipedia

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    However, their occurrence and intensity can fluctuate over time, leading to periods of heightened disease activity, referred to as flare-ups, and periods of relative inactivity, known as remissions. The specific presentation of symptoms largely depends on the location and type of autoimmune response.

  4. Mucormycosis - Wikipedia

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    Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [3] [4] is a serious fungal infection that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [11] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [9] [12] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [11]

  5. Ivermectin - Wikipedia

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    Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug. [7] After its discovery in 1975, [8] its first uses were in veterinary medicine to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis. [9] Approved for human use in 1987, [10] it is used to treat infestations including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis and lymphatic filariasis.

  6. Inbreeding - Wikipedia

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    While linebreeding is less likely to cause problems in the first generation than does inbreeding, over time, linebreeding can reduce the genetic diversity of a population and cause problems related to a too-small gene pool that may include an increased prevalence of genetic disorders and inbreeding depression. [citation needed]

  7. Alien abduction - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, Jacobs and Hopkins argued that there was an elaborate process underway in which aliens were attempting to create human–alien hybrids, the most advanced stage of which in the "human hybridization program" are known as hubrids, [18] though the motives for this effort were unknown.

  8. Fungal infection - Wikipedia

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    Fungal infection, also known as mycosis, is a disease caused by fungi. [5] [13] Different types are traditionally divided according to the part of the body affected; superficial, subcutaneous, and systemic.

  9. Visual system - Wikipedia

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    The human eye (horizontal section) The image projected onto the retina is inverted due to the optics of the eye. The eye, especially the retina; The optic nerve; The optic chiasma; The optic tract; The lateral geniculate body; The optic radiation; The visual cortex; The visual association cortex.