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Amphetamine
A drug with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system that can be both physically and psychologically addictive when overused. This drug has been much abused recreationally. The street term 'speed' refers to stimulant drugs such as…
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Show more- Mortality A fatal outcome or, in one word, death. The word 'mortality' is derived from 'mortal' which came from the…
- Limb The arm or leg.
- Subluxation Partial dislocation of a joint. A complete dislocation is a luxation
- Priapism Abnormally persistent erection of the penis in the absence of sexual desire. Priapism can occur in persons…
- Polygenic disease A genetic disease caused by the combined actions of two or more genes. Examples of polygenic diseases include…
- Charles Bell See: Bell, Charles
- Myxoma A benign tumor composed of primitive connective tissue. The plural is myxomas or myxomata
- Macrognathia An abnormally large jaw. This condition is associated with pituitary gigantism, tumors, and other disorders…
- Paleostriatum A pale-appearing spherical area in the brain. The paleostriatum is specifically part of what is called the…
- Transverse fracture A fracture in which the break is across the bone, at a right angle to the long axis of the bone. NTER>
- Inhibitor, protease An agent that can keep a protease from working and splitting a protein into peptides. Protease inhibitors are…
- Tracheostomy Tracheostomy: A surgical operation to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe (the trachea). The opening…