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AChE (acetylcholinesterase)
Abbreviation for acetylcholinesterase. See: Acetylcholinesterase
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- Carbolic acid A synonym of phenol. In dilute solution, an antimicrobial agent. First used to clean wounds and dress them by…
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- Data Facts, statistics, and the like. In medicine and the health sciences, people often speak of 'the data'…
- Arsine A colorless highly toxic gas. Arsine has a garlic-like or fishy odor. Because arsine is nonirritating and…
- Buffalo chest A single chest cavity with no anatomic separation of the two hemithoraxes due, for example, to tension…
- Upper leg The upper leg is the superior (top) segment of the leg: the part above the knee. As compared to the lower leg…
- Spectrophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of ghosts. Sufferers of spectrophobia experience undue anxiety even though…
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) A hole in the septum, the wall, between the atria, the upper chambers of the heart. Commonly called an ASD…
- Medication, generic Drugs that act as blood vessel dilator (vasodilators) and open vessels by relaxing their muscular walls). For…