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Hydrazine
Hydrazine sulfate, an alternative medicine that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer. It has been used as a first-line agent in cancer therapy and as a treatment for cancer-related anorexia (loss of appetite) and cachexia (loss of…
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Show more- Cardiopulmonary bypass Bypass of the heart and lungs as, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is…
- Placenta, low Location of the placenta in the lower part of the uterus (womb) so that the placenta partially or completely…
- Oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Serendipity An accidental and fortunate discovery. Not all good medical research by any means is done by design. Some is…
- Carb Slang for carbohydrate. Mainly sugars and starches, together constituting one of the three principal types of…
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Abbreviated PAH. A hydrocarbon (a molecule made up of hydrogen and carbon) containing two or more closed…
- MDI 1. Metered-dose inhaler; 2. Multiple daily injections; 3. Mental developmental index, as in 'the Bayley…
- Passive-aggressive Pertaining to behavior in which feelings of aggression are expressed in passive ways as, for example, by…
- Pulmonary tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, pulmonary.
- Pleurodynia Also known as Bornholm disease, this is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease…
- Vaccination, hepatitis A See: Hepatitis A immunization
- Acute HIV infection The body's initial reaction to infection by the HIV virus. Acute HIV infection is a flu-like syndrome that…