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Generic drug
>The chemical name of a drug. >A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the advertised brand name under which the drug is sold. >A term referring to any drug marketed under its chemical name without advertising…
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Show more- Tympany A hollow drum-like sound produced when a gas-containing cavity is tapped sharply. Tympany is heard if the…
- Neuropathologist A pathologist who specializes in the diagnosis of diseases of the brain and nervous system by microscopic…
- Percutaneous liver biopsy A liver biopsy that is done through the skin with a needle. A percutaneous liver biopsy is in contrast, for…
- Stereotactic Stereotactic refers to precise positioning in three-dimensional space. For example, biopsies, surgery or…
- AMI Acute myocardial infarction. A heart attack. The term 'myocardial infarction' focuses on the heart muscle…
- Low-set ear An ear positioned below its normal location. Classified as a minor anomaly. Technically, the ear is low-set…
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) Also known as serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), AST is an enzyme that is normally present in…
- Gastroscope A flexible, lighted instrument that is put through the mouth and down the esophagus to view the stomach…
- Pelvis The lower part of the abdomen located between the hip bones
- Muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral A form of muscular dystrophy that begins before age 20 with slowly progressive weakness of the muscles of the…
- Hypodontia and nail dysgenesis A genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth (hypodontia) and abnormalities of the nails…
- Malariology The study of malaria. Someone who is versed in malariology is a malariologist