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Drug, tocolytic
A medication that can inhibit labor, slow down or halt the contractions of the uterus. Tocolytic agents are widely used today to treat premature labor and permit pregnancy to proceed and so permit the fetus to gain in size and maturity…
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- Healthy 1. Enjoying good health, as she is healthy. 2. Evidencing good health, as her skin is healthy. 3. Conducive…
- Remission induction chemotherapy See Induction therapy
- Varicose vein A dilated (widened) tortuous (twisting) vein, usually involving a superficial vein in the leg, often…
- Benign recurrent aseptic meningitis Recurring meningitis without identifiable cause that leaves no residual damage to the nervous system. Benign…
- Skittling Street name for the high produced by abuse of the drug dextromethorphan
- Reaction, vasovagal See: Vasovagal reaction
- Double-masked See: Double-blind
- Pancreatitis, acute See: Acute pancreatitis
- Dermatopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermopathy
- Abuse, child Child abuse is a very complex and dangerous set of problems that include child neglect and the physical…
- Deficiency, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase Underactivity of a liver enzyme that is essential to the disposal of bilirubin (the chemical that results…