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Saccharin
An artificial sweetener which diluted in water is 300-500 times sweeter than the sugar sucrose. (Saccharin is o-sulfobenzimide; 2,3-dihydro-3-oxobenzisosulfonazole.) The US government removed saccharin from its list of potential…
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Show more- Creatine A compound the body synthesizes (makes) and then utilizes to store energy. The storage of energy occurs when…
- Albumen The white of an egg, the part of the egg from which meringues are made. Albus in Latin is white. Not to be…
- Sickle hemoglobin Hemoglobin S, the most common type of abnormal hemoglobin and the basis of both sickle cell trait and sickle…
- AChE (acetylcholinesterase) Abbreviation for acetylcholinesterase. See: Acetylcholinesterase
- ABCD rating A staging system for prostate cancer. See the Jewett staging system
- UTI Urinary tract infection. (Not to be confused with URI: upper respiratory infection).
- Sac, dural See: Dural sac
- Squamous cell carcinoma Cancer that begins in squamous cells -- thin, flat cells that look under the microscope like fish scales…
- Amoxicillin L ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Amoxicillin Main…
- Snoreplasty, injection An injection of a chemical called sodium tetradecyl sulfate that promotes stiffening of the soft palate by…
- Locoregional Limited to a local region. See also: Locoregional anesthesia; Locoregional metastasis
- Care proxy, health A health care proxy is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…