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- Serum The clear liquid that can be separated from clotted blood. Serum differs from plasma, the liquid portion of…
- Thioxanthene One of a group of drugs with antipsychotic activity which act by blocking postsynaptic (after-the-nerve)…
- Mustard plaster A mild mixture of mustard seed powder, an adhesive such as flour, and water warmed and spread on a moist…
- Snellen's test type The letters on the familiar eye chart used to measure how well you see at various distances. The eye chart…
- Arrhythmia An abnormal heart rhythm. In an arrhythmia the heartbeats may be too slow, too rapid, too irregular, or too…
- Lipoid nephrosis The earliest stage of nephrosis (the nephrotic syndrome of childhood). See: Minimal change disease. See also…
- Sleepiness, excessive daytime (EDS) A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Also known as…
- Metaphase (cell cycle) The stage in the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome is most highly…
- Athetosis Involuntary writhing movements particularly of the arms and hands.
- Hypnagogic hallucination A vivid dreamlike hallucination that occurs as one is falling asleep. The opposite of an hypnopompic…