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Therapeutic
Relating to therapeutics, that part of medicine concerned specifically with the treatment of disease. The therapeutic dose of a drug is the amount needed to treat a disease. Something that is therapeutic is good for the individual. It is…
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- Endocrinopathy Literally, a disease of an endocrine gland. A medical term for a hormone problem. For example…
- Ventricle, cerebral One of a system of four communicating cavities within the brain that are continuous with the central canal of…
- Penis The external male sex organ used to copulate and ejaculate semen and to convey urine outside the body. In…
- MIC-1 Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1. A divergent member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily…
- NBCCS Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, also known as the Gorlin syndrome
- Osteolytic Pertaining to the dissolution of bone, especially the loss of calcium from bone. 'Punched-out' osteolytic…
- Mustard (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome All of the genetic information contained in Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant belonging to the mustard family…
- Lymphedema A common chronic, debilitating condition in which excess fluid called lymph collects in tissues and causes…
- Apraxia The inability to execute a voluntary motor movement despite being able to demonstrate normal muscle function…