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Race-based drug
A drug designed for a particular racial group. The first race-based drug was BiDil, a combination of two old drugs that increase levels of nitric oxide. BiDil was tested in African-Americans and reported in 2004 to reduce deaths from heart…
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Show more- Periodontitis Gum disease. The word 'periodontitis' literally means 'inflammation around the tooth.' Periodontitis and all…
- Ba The symbol for barium
- ALS4 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4
- Syndrome, Sjogren See: Sjogren syndrome
- Bullous pemphigoid Bullous pemphigoid: A disease characterized by tense blisters on the skin. The condition is caused by…
- Human kinome See Kinome
- Supertaster A supertaster has an unusually large density of taste buds, each surrounded by pain fibers
- Labia The lips, either the lips around the mouth (the oral labia) or the lip-like external female genitalia (the…
- Electrocoagulation The coagulation (clotting) of tissue using a high-frequency electrical current applied locally with a metal…
- Presbyopia Presbyopia: The loss of the eye's ability to change focus to see near objects. The reasons for this loss of…
- Superjacent Lying just above or upon. Overlying. The opposite of superjacent is subjacent. Other related terms include…
- Sternutator Something that causes a sneeze. From the Latin sternutatio (sneeze). See also: Sternutation