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Imitrex
Brand name for sumatriptan, a triptan drug for the treatment of migraine
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- Greek medicine Medicine in Greece and the Greek world. The foundations of much of modern Western medicine lie in classical…
- Epithelial Relating to the epithelium, the outside layer of cells that covers all the free, open surfaces of the body…
- Intolerance, food Difficulty in digesting a food. Common offenders include milk products, wheat and other grains that contain…
- Scoliosis, structural A fixed lateral (sideway) curve of the spine. Structural scoliosis often occurs from unknown factors without…
- Johnnies Plural of johnny
- Y-linkage The presence of a gene on the Y chromosome. Y-linkage is analogous to X-linkage (the presence of a gene on…
- Dystonia, writer's cramp A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Vulvodynia, essential A chronic, diffuse, unremitting sensation of burning of the vulva -- (the female external genital organs…
- Male internal genitalia The internal genital structures of the male that are concerned with reproduction, including the testis…
- Pharyngeal Having to do with the throat (pharynx)
- American College of Surgeons (ACS) The American College of Surgeons (ACS) was formed in 1913 under the aegis of Dr. John Miller Turpin Finney…