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Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
Known in Europe as Gamma-OH, gamma hydroxybutyrate is a colorless and odorless drug used illicitly for 'recreational' purposes and for 'date rape.' GBH is a central nervous system depressant. It tends therefore to increase sociability and…
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Show more- Perinatal transmission Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the…
- Nursing home A residential facility for persons with chronic illness or disability, particularly older people who have…
- Cousin marriage Marriage involving cousins. Everyone carries rare recessive alleles, rare genes that are generally innocuous…
- Pseudoobstruction, neuropathic Intestinal pseudoobstruction caused by damage to nerve cells in the walls of the bowel
- GDF-8 The gene encoding growth and differentiation factor, also known as myostatin. See: Myostatin
- Vibrio cholerae genome See: Cholera genome
- Cord, spinal See: Spinal cord
- Roseola Roseola: Roseola is a childhood illness caused by virus infection characterized by high fevers followed by a…
- Intervention The act of intervening, interfering or interceding with the intent of modifying the outcome. In medicine, an…
- Deformation A setting of limits; a boundary; marking the limits of, delimiting; setting apart, separating. The word…
- Zidovudine Zidovudine: See: AZT.
- Yoga A way of life that includes ethical precepts, dietary prescriptions, and physical exercise. Its practitioners…