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Medication, antiprotozoal
Something that destroys protozoa or inhibits their growth and ability to reproduce. A few of the protozoa of medical importance include Plasmodium (the cause of malaria); Entamoeba histolytica (the cause of amebiasis, amebic dysentery) and…
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- Nonrandom Not by chance alone. Not in keeping with the process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for…
- Nutrition Nutrition: 1) The science or practice of taking in and utilizing foods. 2) A nourishing substance, such as…
- Hepatotoxic Injurious to the liver. For example, acetaminophen (Tylenol) can be hepatotoxic.
- Rehydration The process of restoring lost water to the body tissues and fluids. Prompt rehydration is imperative whenever…
- Gas, laughing Nitrous oxide, a gas capable of causing general anesthesia. Today nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the…
- Leg, ankle and foot bones There are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip…
- Brain anthrax Anthrax infection of the central nervous system (the spinal cord and brain) and meninges (the membranes…
- DHT Dihydrotestosterone
- Paralysis, laryngeal nerve Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) Known in Europe as Gamma-OH, gamma hydroxybutyrate is a colorless and odorless drug used illicitly for…
- RNA interference Abbreviated RNAi. The introduction of double-stranded RNA into a cell to inhibit the expression of a gene…