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Crack (drug)
The street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a ready-to-use free base for smoking. Rather than requiring the more volatile method of processing cocaine using ether, crack cocaine is processed with…
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- Duct, hepatic See: Hepatic duct
- Brachial vein A vein that accompanies the brachial artery between the shoulder and the elbow. The route of the brachial…
- Nonsense mutation A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA…
- Doxorubicin cardiomyopathy Brand name: Vibramycin. A synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from tetracycline. Doxycycline is used…
- Barotitis Middle ear problems due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when a plane descends to land. The problems…
- Hendra virus A virus, formerly called equine morbillivirus, that can cause illness in horses and humans. First identified…
- LLL Acronym for the left lower lobe (of the lung). The left lung has but two lobes. The other lobe is the left…
- Parasplenic Located near or alongside of the spleen. The spleen is an organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen…
- Midbrain aqueduct A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…
- Wax dip A treatment for the symptoms of joint and muscle conditions, such as arthritis, that consists of melted…