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Alpha-ET
Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine
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Show more- Disease, Graves Generalized diffuse overactivity ('toxicity') of the entire thyroid gland which becomes enlarged into a…
- Amnestic aphasia See Anomia
- Vaccine, German measles A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…
- Hemoglobin normal values Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying pigment in the blood, the predominant protein in the red blood cells. In…
- Blot, Southern A test commonly used in molecular biology and genetics, the purpose of the test being to check for a match…
- Photochemotherapy, psoralen See: PUVA
- CK The military designation for cyanogen chloride. See: Cyanide
- Hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy See: Stickler syndrome
- Agonist A drug that binds to a receptor of a cell and triggers a response by the cell. An agonist often mimics the…
- ITE In-the-ear. See: In-the-ear hearing aid
- Antibody cross reactivity The ability of an antibody to react with similar antigenic sites on different proteins
- Insecticide-treated bednet A bednet that has been treated with insecticide to protect against mosquitos and malaria. 'Provision of…