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Zomig
Brand name for zolmitriptan, a triptan drug for the treatment of migraine
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- Insufficiency, pancreatic See: Pancreatic insufficiency
- Gastropathy Disease of the stomach, as in hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy. Gastropathy comes from gastro-…
- Vitamin A >Beta carotene: An antioxidant which protects cells against oxidation damage that can lead to cancer. Beta…
- Trunk, pulmonary See: Pulmonary trunk
- Antifungal medication A drug used to treat fungal infections. Examples of antifungal drugs include miconazole (MONISTAT) and…
- Enzyme replacement A strategy designed to replace missing enzyme activity in a patient. This strategy currently involves the…
- Multiple miscarriage More than one miscarriage for a woman. In multiple miscarriages, there is about a 5 percent chance that one…
- Lauterbur, Paul C. American scientist (1929-) who shared the 2003 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Sir Peter…
- Syndrome, Li-Fraumeni (LFS) This is an extraordinary cancer family syndrome. People with LFS have a tendency to develop a great diversity…
- Circadian Refers to events occurring within a 24-hour period, in the span of a full (24-hour) day, as in a circadian…
- CIC Completely-in-the-canal (the ear canal). See: Completely-in-the-canal hearing aid. See also: Hearing aid