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Tetracycline
Tetracycline: A family of broad-spectrum antibiotics effective against a remarkably wide variety of organisms. Bacteria susceptible to teracycline include H. flu (Hemophilus influenzae), strep (Streptococcus pneumoniae), Mycoplasma…
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Show more- Virulent Extremely noxious, damaging, deleterious, disease-causing (pathogenic). Marked by a rapid, severe, and…
- Disease, Osler-Rendu-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Lymphoma, indolent See: Indolent lymphoma
- Nocturnal enuresis Bedwetting at night. From the Greek 'enourin' meaning 'to urinate in.'
- Polio vaccine, Sabin The oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by the Polish-born American microbiologist Albert Sabin (1906-93)
- Otoplasty Otoplasty: Plastic surgery to reshape the outer ear.
- Phosphorus An essential element in the diet and a major component of bone. Phosphorus is also found in the blood…
- Disseminated vaccinia See Progressive vaccinia
- Alcohol, pregnancy The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus.
- Medical word origin See: Medical etymology
- Orphan disease A disease which has not been 'adopted' by the pharmaceutical industry because it provides little financial…
- Toxemia A condition in pregnancy, also known as pre-eclampsia (or preeclampsia) characterized by abrupt hypertension…