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Silver bullet
Or magic bullet. 1. The perfect drug to cure a disease with no danger of side effects. The term magic bullet was first used in this sense by the German scientist Paul Ehrlich to describe antibody and, later, the drug salvarsan that he…
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- Hip replacement, total Hip replacement, total: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Economy class syndrome The formation of blood clots in veins deep within the legs -- deep vein thrombosis -- occurring during (or…
- Inhibitor, ACE See: ACE inhibitor
- Polyp colon family history See: Colon cancer family history
- PKU, maternal A "sugar pill" or any dummy medication or treatment. For example, in a controlled clinical trial, one group…
- Hybridization, nucleic acid A laboratory technique in which single-stranded nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are allowed to interact so that…
- Patellar tendonitis A common injury to the patellar tendon. Also called patellar tendonopathy or jumper's knee because it often…
- Chlortetracycline The first drug of the tetracycline family, to be introduced (in 1948). For more information, see: Tetracycline
- Nondipper A person in whom there is an absence of the normal nocturnal fall (dip) in blood pressure. Nondipper status…
- WBC Commonly used abbreviation for a white blood cell. WBC also stands for the white blood cell count which is…
- Dextromethorphan An oral cough suppressant available in the US without a prescription but which is sometimes abused as a…