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Fungistatic
Capable of inhibiting the growth of fungi
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- Expectorant A medication that helps bring up mucus and other material from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea. An example of…
- Olfactory Pertaining to olfaction, the sense of smell
- Hematuria Blood in the urine. Hematuria may or may not be accompanied by pain, but it is always abnormal and should be…
- Wellcovorin See: Leucovorin
- Papillomatosis, juvenile laryngeal Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in…
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6 ALS6. A form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation…
- Transvestite A person who dresses in the clothing of the opposite sex, i.e., a person who cross-dresses
- Thymine (T) One member of the base pair A-T (adenine-thymine) in DNA.
- Coccyx The small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine very near to the anus. The coccyx is made up of 3-5…
- Turner-Kieser syndrome See Nail-patella syndrome