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Antimicrobial medication
A drug used to treat a microbial infection. The term 'antimicrobial' is a general one that refers to a group of drugs that includes antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoals, and antivirals.
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- Pneumonia, aspiration Inflammation of the lungs due to aspiration (the sucking in of food particles or fluids into the lungs).
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- Cell lineage A genealogic pedigree of cells related through mitotic division
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