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Show more- Me-too drug A drug that is structurally very similar to already known drugs, with only minor differences. The term…
- Penicillin-resistant bacteria Bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin. Such organisms can sometimes be killed using sulfa drugs…
- Moraxella kingae See: Kingella kingae
- Saccular From the Latin 'sacculus' meaning a small pouch. As for example the alveolar saccules (little air pouches)…
- Tophus A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas…
- Outlet, gastric See: Gastric outlet
- Breast, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of invasive breast cancer next to infiltrating…
- Fear of horses An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse…
- Orifice An opening. The mouth for example is an orifice.
- Shotty Resembling shot or pellets of lead, shotgun pellets and, hence, hard and round. The term 'shotty' was in use…
- Anaphia The inability to feel touch. From the Greek prefix an, not + Greek haphe, touch = inability to (feel) touch…
- Low blood sugar A low blood level of the sugar glucose. Also called hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is only significant when it is…