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OxyContin
OxyContin: A prescription painkiller that has become a popular and dangerous recreational drug. Also called 'Oxy' in the street. OxyContin is a time-release morphine-like narcotic intended to relieve chronic pain of moderate to severe…
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Show more- Scleromalacia Degenerative thinning of the sclera, the tough white coat that covers most of the back of the eyeball and…
- MCHC Abbreviation for mean cell hemoglobin concentration, which is the average concentration of hemoglobin in a…
- Arterial blood gas (ABG) The sampling of the blood levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the arteries, as opposed to the levels…
- Brushfield's spots Speckled iris. Little white spots that slightly elevated on the surface of the iris arranged in a ring…
- Flatfoot 1. A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened and the entire sole touches the ground. See…
- Adeno- Prefix referring to a gland, as in adenoma and adenopathy. From the Greek aden meaning originally 'an acorn'…
- Syncope, swallowing The temporary loss of consciousness upon swallowing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Map, linkage A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. A linkage map does not show the physical…
- Test, Fisher's exact A statistical test of independence much used in medical research. It tests the independence of rows and…
- Sex-determining region, Y See: Y sex-determining region
- Lactic acidosis Acidosis (too much acid in the body) due to the buildup of lactic acid in the body. Lactic acidois occurs…
- Scan, computerized tomography Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…