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Anthracycline
A member of a family of chemotherapy drugs that are also antibiotics. The anthracyclines act to prevent cell division by disrupting the structure of the DNA and terminate its function. They do so in two ways: (1) they intercalate into the…
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Show more- Paraplegia Paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs. As in flaccid or spastic paraplegia. The suffix…
- Deficiency, zinc According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Recommended Dietary Allowances of zinc are 12 milligrams…
- Medial meniscus of the knee The word 'meniscus' refers to a crescent-shaped structure. The medial meniscus of the knee is a thickened…
- Imitrex Brand name for sumatriptan, a triptan drug for the treatment of migraine
- Yellow enzymes A group of respiratory enzymes that catalyze reactions in the body permitting cells to respire, to breath…
- Varicose vein A dilated (widened) tortuous (twisting) vein, usually involving a superficial vein in the leg, often…
- Dwarf Someone with dwarfism, which is now more correctly called short stature. People with dwarfism (short stature)…
- Syndrome, kinky hair See: Menkes syndrome
- Craniopagus Conjoined twins whose heads are fused together. From cranio-, relating to the cranium + the Greek pagos…
- Syncope, vasovagal See: Vasovagal syncope
- Arch, zygomatic The bone that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygomatic bone is also known as the zygoma, the…
- Vein, small saphenous The smaller of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…