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Drug, sulfa
One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal infections. The first sulfa drug was prontosil. It was discovered by the German physician and chemist Gerhard Domagk in 1935. The…
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Show more- Arthralgia Pain in the joints. There are many possible causes of pain in a joint. The Greek 'algos' means 'pain.
- Allergy scratch test Allergy scratch test: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is the…
- Knee, artificial Total knee replacement, a surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with…
- Dorsal The back or posterior side of a structure. "Dorsum" is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to…
- Trigger Something that either sets off a disease in people who are genetically predisposed to developing the disease…
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. ALT is released into blood when the liver or…
- Varum See: Varus
- Somatostatin A hormone widely distributed throughout the body, especially in the hypothalamus and pancreas, that acts as…
- Autosomal Pertaining to a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; relating to any one of the chromosomes save the sex…
- Mutant An individual with a mutant (changed) gene.
- Bradycardia A slow heart rate, usually defined as less than 60 beats per minute. The word bradycardia is logically…
- Bone cancer Bone cancer: A malignancy in bone. Primary bone cancer, one that begins in bone, is uncommon but it is not…