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Pharmaco-epidemiology
The study of the use of drugs in society. The process of identifying and responding to safety issues about drugs. Pharmaco-epidemiology has been called pharmaco-vigilance. For example, the diabetes drug called Rezulin was found associated…
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Show more- Shock, anaphylactic A life-threatening allergic reaction characterized by a swelling of body tissues including the throat…
- SJS Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
- Roundworm A type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the roundworm usually…
- Atrial septum The wall between the two upper chambers (the right and left atrium) of the heart
- Bacterium The singular of bacteria
- Tuberculosis vaccination A vaccination for tuberculosis (TB). The vaccine, known as BCG (bacille Calmette Guerin), is used in most…
- Minor A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than…
- Illness, heat-related A person with symptoms including headache, nausea, and fatigue after exposure to heat probably has some…
- Acid, bile See: Bile acid
- Nephro- Prefix referring to the kidney as, for example, in nephrotoxic. From the Greek nephros meaning kidney
- PAM Primary amebic meningoencephalitis
- Ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer: Cancer of the ovary, the egg sac of females. The anatomic location of the ovaries: NTER> Most…