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Dexfenfluramine
A weight loss drug, in a class of drugs called anorectics which decrease appetite. This drug, sold in the US under the brand name Redux, was withdrawn from the US market in 1997, and has since been withdrawn worldwide and is no longer…
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- House officer A resident physician and surgeon of a hospital (the 'house') who is receives further training, usually in a…
- Hepatoma Cancer originating in the liver, in liver cells. More often called hepatocarcinoma or hepatocellular…
- Filariasis See Lymphatic filariasis
- Syndrome, WPW WPW is an abbreviation for the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition caused by an abnormality in the…
- Lower leg The lower leg is the bottom segment of the leg: the part below the knee. The lower leg contains two long…
- Severe combined immunodeficiency disease >X-linked SCID, the most common type, a genetic flaw damages molecules that allow T cells and B cells to…
- Anesthetist 1. In the US, a nurse or technician trained to administer anesthetics.2. In the UK, the same as an…
- Chickenpox vaccination See Chickenpox immunization
- Tuberculin A protein extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is used in a skin test to determine if a person has…
- Nerve, seventh cranial The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…
- Sidney Goldring See: Goldring, Sidney