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Methadone treatment program
A program for opiate addicts, usually conducted in an outpatient setting. These programs use a long-acting synthetic opiate medication, usually methadone or LAAM, administered orally for a sustained period at a dosage sufficient to prevent…
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- Complementary sequence Nucleic acid sequence of bases that can form a double- stranded structure by matching base pairs. For…
- Sensipar Trade name for cinacalcet, a drug that acts as a calcimimetic. For more information, see: Calcimimetic
- Breast, infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the Ast, infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the : Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of…
- Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) A human hormone made by chorionic cells in the fetal part of the placenta. Human chorionic gonadotropin…
- Hypogeusia A reduced ability to taste things (to taste sweet, sour, bitter, or salty substances). Some people cannot…
- Mask of pregnancy Muddy-brown pigmentation on the cheeks or elsewhere on the face that develops in about half of all women…
- Bone morphogenic protein 2 A protein that induces the formation of bone and cartilage. Bone morphogenic protein 2 (which is symbolized…
- Cholesterol, 'good' High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
- Indifferent gonad In embryonic life, the gonad in males and females is initially identical. This gonad is said to be…