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Detoxify
To reduce or eliminate the toxicity of a substance or poison. To promote the recovery of a person from an addictive drug such as alcohol or heroin
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- Menstruation, anovular Menstruation without ovulation. The egg stays within the ovary and usually disintegrates but sometimes it is…
- Vernix caseosa A white cheesy substance that covers and protects the skin of the fetus and is still all over the skin of a…
- Placenta accreta The abnormal adherence of the chorionic villi (vascular fingers of the chorion, a part of the placenta) to…
- Gm (gram) The abbreviation gm stands for gram, a unit of measurement of weight and mass in the metric system. In…
- X-ray, AP An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from front-to-back (anteroposterior). An AP film is as opposed to a…
- Valve, Spitz-Holter See Spitz-Holter valve
- Cyclooxygenase-2 See: Cox-2
- Speckled iris Due to little white (or lightly colored) spots that are slightly elevated on the surface of the iris. These…
- Chromatids The daughter strands of a duplicated chromosome joined together by a centromere.
- Decongestant A drug that shrinks the swollen membranes in the nose and makes it easier to breath. Decongestants can be…