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Anticonvulsant
A medication used to control (prevent) seizures (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures. There are a large number of anticonvulsant drugs today including, but not limited to: phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin), carbamazepine…
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- Aerobic exercise Brisk physical activity that requires the heart and lungs to work harder to meet the body's increased oxygen…
- QALY Quality adjusted life year, a year of life adjusted for its quality or its value. A year in perfect health is…
- Fertility The ability to conceive and have children, the ability to become pregnant through normal sexual activity…
- Rupture, uterine A tear of the uterus, an uncommon but very serious situation that may result in hysterectomy, urologic injury…
- Puerperium The time immediately after the delivery of a baby. (In Latin a 'puerpera' is a woman in childbirth since…
- Crack (drug) The street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a ready-to-use free…
- Illness, acute An illness with an abrupt onset and usually a short course
- Agent, antifungal A drug used to treat fungal infections. Examples of antifungal drugs include miconazole (MONISTAT) and…
- Acceptable daily intake Estimate of the amount of a substance in food or drinking water, expressed on a body mass basis (usually…