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Muscle relaxant
Muscle relaxant is a term usually used to refer to skeletal muscle relaxants (drugs), which act on the central nervous system (CNS) to relax muscles. These drugs are often prescribed to reduce pain and soreness associated with sprains…
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- Additive genetic effects A mechanism of quantitative inheritance such that the combined effects of genetic alleles at two or more gene…
- Colon cancer Colon cancer: A malignancy that arises from the inner lining of the colon. Most, if not all, of these cancers…
- Pontiac fever A flu-like illness caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila contracted by breathing mist that comes…
- Thermometer, ear A thermometer that registers body temperature via the ear canal. The ear thermometer was invented in 1964 by…
- Funnel chest (pectus excavatum) 'Caved-in' chest. Usually an unimportant isolated finding evident at birth. (Funnel chest can occasionally be…
- Wart, venereal The same as a genital wart, a wart that is confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals. These warts…
- Ligament, lateral collateral knee The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Gastric stapling A surgical procedure that converts the upper part of the stomach into a very small pouch by stapling portions…
- Mountain sickness >If possible, don't fly or drive to high altitude. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up. >If…
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- RDS (respiratory distress syndrome) Formerly known as hyaline membrane disease, a syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by…