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Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor
See: Cox-2 inhibitor
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Show more- Reagent A substance used to produce a chemical reaction to detect, measure, produce, etc. other substances
- Block, caudal See Caudal anesthesia
- Paresis 1 Incomplete paralysis. 2 A form of neurosyphilis (syphilis affecting the central nervous system -- the brain…
- Lateral femoral cutaneous mononeuropathy See: Meralgia paresthetica
- Medulloblastoma A type of brain tumor that tends to occur in children, arise in the cerebellum (in the lower part of the…
- Allergic purpura See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Abdominal guarding Tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain of pressure…
- Sabulous Sandy or gritty. For example, the sludge in bile may be sabulous. And the stony sediment in urine may be…
- Curare A muscle relaxant used in anesthesia (and, in the past, in arrow poisons by South American Indians). Curare…
- Mitochondrial encephalopathy, MELAS MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes. MELAS is a…
- Disease, Parkinson A slowly progressive neurologic disease characterized by a fixed inexpressive face, a tremor at rest, slowing…
- Seizure, atonic See: Atonic seizure