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Drug, antiviral
An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply and reproduce. For example, amantadine (BRAND name: SYMMETREL) is a synthetic (man- made) drug that inhibits the multiplication…
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- Foramen magnum The large hole at the base of the skull which allows passage of the spinal cord.
- JCML Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia. See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: Also known as EGD or upper endoscopy. A procedure that enables the examiner…
- WPW syndrome Abbreviation for the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition caused by an abnormality in the electrical…
- Oculocutaneous albinism See: Albinism, oculocutaneous
- ACL injury See: Anterior cruciate injury
- Gamete The sperm or the egg. Each human gamete normally has 23 chromosomes, the haploid number of chromosomes, half…
- Scrub typhus A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with…
- XX male syndrome A syndrome characterized by the presence of an XX sex chromosome complement in an individual with male…
- Mastocyte A mast cell
- Radiofrequency ablation Radiofrequency ablation: The use of electrodes to generate heat and destroy abnormal tissue. In…