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Side effects
Problems that occur when treatment goes beyond the desired effect. Or problems that occur in addition to the desired therapeutic effect. Example -- A hemorrhage from the use of too much anticoagulant (such as heparin) is a side effect…
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Show more- Prostate enlargement Most prostatic enlargement is due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a problem that bothers men…
- Claustrophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of closed spaces, of being closed in or being shut in, as in elevators…
- Hammer The malleus
- Stenosis, spinal See: Spinal stenosis
- Nerve, fifth cranial The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…
- Vasoconstriction Narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contracting of the muscular wall of the vessels. The opposite…
- TACE Transarterial chemoembolization, a procedure in which the blood supply to a tumor is blocked (embolized) and…
- Alagille syndrome Also known as arteriohepatic dysplasia, this is a genetic disorder characterized by jaundice in the newborn…
- Peptidomimetic A compound that mimics the biological action of a peptide
- Obesity Obesity: The state of being well above one's normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be…
- Dermatologic Having to do with the skin
- Aesculapius That stick with the snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the…