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Nolvadex (tamoxifen)
Tamoxifen): An antiestrogen (a drug that blocks the effects of estrogen) which competes with estrogen for binding sites in target tissues such as breast. Tamoxifen has been widely publicized. It was approved by the US Food and Drug…
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Show more- Fear of cold An abnormal and persistent fear of cold, including cold weather and cold objects. Sufferers of this fear…
- Motility study, antro-duodenal An antro-duodenal motility study is a study for detecting and recording the contractions of the muscles of…
- Atopic Prone to allergies or characterized by allergy
- Vitreous type 2 Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type II. See: Stickler syndrome
- Ophthalmoplegia with myopathy See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Familial mental retardation protein See FMRP.
- MCH Abbreviation for mean cell hemoglobin concentration, which is the average concentration of hemoglobin in a…
- Hirudin An anticoagulant ('bloodthinner'). Hirudin is the active principle in the salivary secretion of leeches. The…
- Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome >Keratitis -- gradual destruction of the cornea of the eye, sometimes leading to blindness >Ichthyosis --…
- Blood cleaner A process designed to eliminate most pathogens -- viruses, bacteria and fungi -- from donated blood. The…
- Seizure, tonic-clonic See: Tonic-clonic seizure
- Borborygmi Rumbling sounds caused by gas moving through the intestines (stomach 'growling'). Pronounced BOR-boh-RIG-mee…