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Therapeutic
Relating to therapeutics, that part of medicine concerned specifically with the treatment of disease. The therapeutic dose of a drug is the amount needed to treat a disease. Something that is therapeutic is good for the individual. It is…
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Show more- Heritable connective tissue disease A disorder due to mutation of a gene responsible for connective tissue, the material that gives tissues form…
- Pituitary 1. As an adjective, pertaining to the pituitary gland or its hormonal secretions. 2. As a noun, the pituitary…
- Axial tomography, computerized Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…
- Memory B cells Secondary immune-system components that have an affinity for a particular antigen. Like other B cells, memory…
- Beals, Rodney K. The hair that normally grows on the male face after puberty. Testosterone, the most potent of the naturally…
- Ligament, medial collateral knee The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Hepatic duct, right See: Right hepatic duct
- Microcytic 1. Any abnormally small cell. The opposite is macrocytic, an abnormally large cell. 2. An abnormally small…
- Abortion In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and…
- Orthoscopic Having correct vision or producing it. Orthoscopic, in other words, is free from optical distortion or…
- Fasciitis Fasciitis: Inflammation of the fascia (a lining tissue under the skin that covers a surface of underlying…
- Beta agonist See: Beta-agonist