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Show more- Therapeutics In medicine, the branch that deals specifically with the treatment of disease and the art and science of…
- Hemithorax Half of the thorax or, more simply, one side of the chest. The plural is hemithoraxes or hemithoraces. A…
- Sz Seizure
- Episclera A thin membrane that covers the sclera (the white of the eye). 'Epi-' is a prefix from the Greek that means…
- Anoxia 1. Strictly speaking, the absence of oxygen. 2. The near absence of oxygen. 3. Sometimes used loosely as a…
- Deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis syndrome See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Protein, acute phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Syndrome, TMJ Disorder of the temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) causing pain usually in front of the ear. Pain in the TMJ can…
- Antifungal drug A drug used to treat fungal infections. Examples of antifungal drugs include miconazole (MONISTAT) and…
- Rock (drug) A street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a ready-to-use free base…
- Tapeworm, beef See Taenia saginata.
- Knockout mouse A mouse missing a single gene (that has been knocked out). Knockout mice are used in biomedical research