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Rohypnol
The trade name for flunitrazepam, which has been abused as a 'date rape' drug. Rohypnol produces sedative-hypnotic effects including muscle relaxation and amnesia. It can produces physical and psychological dependence and can be lethal…
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- Speculum An instrument used to widen an opening to look within a passage or a cavity. For example, a speculum may be…
- Sputum The mucus and other matter brought up from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea that one may cough up and spit out…
- Human herpesvirus 2 (HHV-2) A herpes virus that causes genital herpes, characterized by sores in the area of the genitalia. Genital…
- Heteroerotic Having to do with sexual excitement toward the opposite sex. By contrast with alloerotic
- Hypervolemic Pertaining to hypervolemia, an abnormal increase in blood volume. For example, hypervolemic hyponatremia…
- Epidermolysis bullosa simplex A blistering skin condition usually inherited as an autosomal dominant disease. The faulty genes are those…
- Demulcent Soothing. The word 'demulcent' comes from the Latin verb, 'demulcere' meaning 'to caress.' Something that is…
- Test, visual acuity This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart…
- Genoplasty A technology that uses the repair mechanisms normally present in cells to repair gene defects. In genoplasty…
- Eyelids, adult ptosis of the Drooping of the upper eyelids in adults, most commonly due to separation of the tendon of the lid-lifting…
- Mind That which thinks, reasons, perceives, wills, and feels. The mind now appears in no way separate from the…