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Analgesic
A drug or medicine given to reduce pain without resulting in loss of consciousness. Analgesics are sometimes referred to as painkiller medications. There are many different types of analgesic medications available in both prescription and…
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Show more- Behind-the-ear hearing aid A hearing aid worn behind the ear. The device amplifies sounds more than most other types of hearing aids…
- Retic count Short for reticulocyte count
- Treadmill, exercise Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill…
- Iron supplementation, infant Iron is included in most infant formulas. Therefore, there is no evidence that iron supplementation is…
- Female external genitalia The external genital organs of the female, comprising the pudendum, clitoris, and female urethra
- DXM Dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant, sometimes misused as a recreational drug
- Sarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Ewing: A type of bone tumor that occurs in children and adolescents, most often in the large bones…
- Forceps An instrument with two blades and a handle used for handling, grasping, or compressing. Many types of forceps…
- Gain-of-function mutation A mutation that confers new or enhanced activity on a protein. Loss-of-function mutations, which are more…
- Diuretic Anything that promotes the formation of urine by the kidney. (The word 'diuretic' comes from a combination of…
- Deficiency, alpha-1 antitrypsin See: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Human herpesvirus 5 See cytomegalovirus.