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Antithyroid drug
A drug directed against the thyroid gland. The antithyroid drugs include carbimazole, methimazole, and propylthiouracil (PTU). These drugs are used to treat hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland) in order to reduce the…
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Show more- Acute HIV infection The body's initial reaction to infection by the HIV virus. Acute HIV infection is a flu-like syndrome that…
- Newborn intensive care unit An intensive care unit designed for premature and ill newborn babies. Abbreviated NICU. Also called a…
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease A viral syndrome with a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth. The internal rash (the enanthem)…
- Achondrogenesis-hypochondrogenesis, type II See: Achondrogenesis type II
- Osteoblast A cell that makes bone. It does so by producing a matrix that then becomes mineralized. Bone mass is…
- Prostaglandin One of a number of hormone-like substances that participate in a wide range of body functions such as the…
- Automated white cell differential A machine-generated percentage of the different types of white blood cells, usually split into granulocytes…
- Male gonad The male gonad, the testicle (or testis), located behind the penis in a pouch of skin (the scrotum). The…
- Salmonella Salmonella: A group of bacteria that cause typhoid fever and a number of other illnesses, including food…
- Tension, intravenous The pressure of the blood within a vein, the venous pressure
- Cervical disc A disk shaped piece of specialized tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column in the…
- Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) The MCAT is a test that is required of all applicants to medical school in the U.S. and Canada. The MCAT is…