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Antimicrobial
A drug used to treat a microbial infection. 'Antimicrobial' is a general term that refers to a group of drugs that includes antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoals, and antivirals.
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- Abducent nerve A small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle called the lateral rectus muscle that moves the eye…
- Anteroposterior (AP) In anatomy, AP stands for anteroposterior: from front-to-back. For example, an AP X-ray of the chest is taken…
- Snake bite Snake bites: A bite of a venomous snake, such as a rattlesnake, copperhead, cottonmouth water moccasin, or…
- Spot, histo See: Histo spot
- Diverticulum A small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall is a diverticulum. As a person ages, pressure within…
- Mourning The process by which people adapt to a loss as, for example, the death of someone near and dear. Mourning is…
- Pericardial sac A conical sac of fibrous tissue which surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. Also…
- Spitz-Holter valve A pioneering one-way valve created by John Holter to treat hydrocephalus. In 1955 Mr. Holter, , a hydraulics…
- Inguinal Having to do with the groin.
- Genome All of the genetic information, the entire genetic complement, all of the hereditary material possessed by an…
- Node, sinoatrial The sinoatrial is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…