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3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), best known on the street as 'Ecstacy.' An illicit drug, considered a recreational or party drug. It acts as both a stimulant and a hallucinogen. Ecstasy achieves its high by preventing the brain…
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- Euthanasia, active The active acceleration of a 'good' death by use of drugs etc, whether by oneself or with the aid of a…
- Amyl- (Amylo- before a consonant.) A prefix pertaining to starch. From the Greek amylon, meaning starch
- Antimicrobial medication A drug used to treat a microbial infection. The term 'antimicrobial' is a general one that refers to a group…
- Gastroscope A flexible, lighted instrument that is put through the mouth and down the esophagus to view the stomach…
- Circinate balanitis A form of skin inflammation around the penis in males with Reiter's syndrome. The skin around the shaft and…
- Anthracycline A member of a family of chemotherapy drugs that are also antibiotics. The anthracyclines act to prevent cell…
- Monoclonal antibody An antibody produced by a single clone of cells (specifically, a single clone of hybridoma cells) and…
- MG (myasthenia gravis) Myasthenia gravis (MG): An autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by fatigue and exhaustion of…
- Phage Short for bacteriophage, a virus that lives within a bacteria. A virus for which the natural host is a…
- Gastropathy Disease of the stomach, as in hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy. Gastropathy comes from gastro-…