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Physiologic jaundice of the newborn
Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic cardiac stress test in which certain medications are administered that stimulate the heart to mimic the physiologic effects of exercise. One…
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- Cannabinoid A chemical compound in cannabis. or marijuana. Tetrahydrocannabinol is one of the cannabinoids
- Quadriceps stretch An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this…
- Vaccine, Salk Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the…
- Antipyretic Something that reduces fever or quells it. There are 3 classes of antipyretic medications that are sold OTC…
- Phytochemical The active health-protecting compounds that are found as components of plants. Currently, the terms…
- Snort Take in a drug by inhalation. For example, snorting cocaine is inhaling cocaine powder through the nose where…
- Abstinence The voluntary self-denial of food, drink, or sex. Today, abstinence most commonly refers to denial of one's…
- Transformation, genetic A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by the incorporation of…
- Primordia See: Primordium
- Thalassemia, alpha A blood disorder, thalassemia is not one disease but rather a group of disorders that have a single feature…