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GHB
Known in Europe as Gamma-OH, this is gamma hydroxybutyrate, 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…
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Show more- Primary tumor A tumor that is at the original site where it first arose. For example, a primary brain tumor is one that…
- MCTD Abbreviation standing for Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, an overlapping mixture of three diseases of…
- Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Disease, Paget See: Paget disease
- Bone, breast Breast: Familiar name for what is medically termed the sternum, the long flat bone in the middle of the front…
- Syndrome, Osler-Rendu-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Finger stick A procedure in which a finger is pricked with a lancet to obtain a small quantity of capillary blood for…
- Microhematuria Hematuria means blood in the urine and microhematuria refers to hematuria that is visible only under a…
- Nephrosis, lipoid See: Minimal change disease
- Postoperative After surgery. As opposed to preoperative, before surgery
- Intercurrent disease A disease that intervenes during the course of another disease. A patient with AIDS may develop an…
- Exocrine Pertaining to the secretion of a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary…