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Test, pharmacologic stress
There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a pharmacologic cardiac stress test in which certain medications are administered that stimulate the heart to mimic the physiologic effects of exercise…
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Show more- Chlortetracycline The first drug of the tetracycline family, to be introduced (in 1948). For more information, see: Tetracycline
- Hemostasis The stoppage of bleeding or hemorrhage. Also, the stoppage of blood flow through a blood vessel or organ of…
- Cytogenetic map A genetic term referring to the visual appearance of a chromosome when stained and examined under a…
- TPH2 Tryptophan hydroxylase 2, also known as neuronal tryptophan hydroxylase (NTPH), the key rate-limiting enzyme…
- Pain management Pain management: The process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Pain management is an…
- Laser, excimer See: Excimer laser
- Pregnancy-associated malaria A specific syndrome that occurs only in pregnant women and that is characterized by the accumulation in the…
- Diabetes, ketosis-prone See Diabetes, type 1
- Assistant, physician (PA) >Medical histories and physical examinations: a PA is usually can perform histories and physical examinations…
- Locoregional metastasis Metastasis (spread) of a cancer only within the region in which it arose. In contrast to systemic metastasis
- Vocal tremor Tremor: Trembling or shaking of one or more of the muscles of the larynx (the voice box), resulting in an…
- Pituitary adenoma A benign tumor of the pituitary, the master gland that controls other glands and influences numerous body…