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Mifepristone
The French abortion pill, also known as RU-486. RU-486 has been used in combination with another drug called misoprostol, to terminate pregnancy at an early stage. It is used with women who are no more than 7 weeks pregnant. The drug has…
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Show more- Environmental tobacco smoke Abbreviated ETS. Secondhand smoke. See: ETS.
- Physiology >Some physiological studies are concerned with processes that go on within cells such as phagocytosis, the…
- Myeloid Referring to the nonlymphocytic groups of white blood cells, including the granulocytes, monocytes and…
- Fredrickson See: Fredrickson, Donald
- Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) A substance made by cells that stimulates new blood vessel formation, a mitogen for vascular endothelial…
- Chemofog See: Chemobrain
- Chickenpox vaccination See Chickenpox immunization
- Syndrome, Prader-Willi See: Prader-Willi syndrome
- Anatomy, microscopic Known among medical students simply as 'micro', microscopic anatomy is the study of the form of normal…
- Brachial neuritis Inflammation of nerves in the arm causing muscle weakness and pain
- Fornication Sexual intercourse that is 'illicit', outside of marriage. The term 'fornication' has a close medical…
- Blastomyces dermatitidis The fungus that causes a disease called blastomycosis