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Macrolide
One in a class of antibiotics that includes Biaxin, Clarithromycin, Ery-Tab, and Erythromycin. The macrolides inhibit the growth of bacteria and are often prescribed to treat rather common bacterial infections. In more technical terms, the…
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- Normal growth rate The speed with which normal growth occurs in length before birth and in height after birth. Fetal growth is…
- Viral infection Infection caused by the presence of a virus in the body. Depending on the virus and the person's state of…
- Burn, third degree A burn in which the damage has progressed to the point of skin death. The skin is white and without sensation
- Lab test A test that is done in the laboratory where the appropriate equipment, supplies, and certified expertise are…
- Activase Brand name of alteplase, a tissue plasminogen activator made by recombinant DNA technology. See: Tissue…
- Valley fever A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Catheter, pulmonary artery A light flexible balloon-tipped tube that is introduced into the pulmonary artery (the artery from the right…
- Date rape Rape of a woman by a man with whom she is acquainted. The rapist is usually the woman's 'date' (escort)…
- Fibroma, nonossifying A growing lesion with a fibroma structure. Treatment is by surgery
- Narcan Brand name for naloxone
- Heterozygote A person possessing two different forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. A heterozygote…