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Gamma-linolenic acid
Abbreviated GLA. An essential polyunsaturated fatty acid contained in some plant seed oils including evening primrose oil, black currant oil, and borage oil. GLA has been used for a number of different disorders. GLA is of no benefit for…
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- Granulomatosis, allergic A disease (also more commonly called the Churg-Straus syndrome) characterized by inflammation of the blood…
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia Acute promyelocytic leukemia: Commonly called APL, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a…
- Orphan drug 1. Oral rehydration salts. 2. Oral rehydration solution. 3. Orthopaedic Research Society.
- Carcinoembryonic antigen Carcinoembryonic antigen: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a protein found in many types of cells but…
- Gallium A rare metal with the atomic weight of 69. There are several isotopic forms of gallium that differ from it in…
- Hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hyperhidrosis is too much sweating.
- Tissue A tissue in medicine is not like a piece of tissue paper. It is a broad term that is applied to any group of…
- Fracture, open A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. NTER> A fracture…
- Epidemic hemorrhagic fever A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and…
- Gerstmann-Straussler disease See: Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Symptoms, withdrawal Abnormal physical or psychological features that follow the abrupt discontinuation of a drug that has the…