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Prescription
A physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. A prescription has several parts. They include the superscription or heading with the symbol 'R' or 'Rx', which stands for the word recipe…
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- Pleural space The tiny area between the two layers of the pleura (the thin covering that protects and cushions the lungs)…
- ECT Electroconvulsive therapy
- Vincent angina This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Bronchospasm, exercise-induced Also called exercise-induced asthma, this is asthma that is triggered by vigorous physical activity…
- Frambesia Also known as yaws, frambesia is a common chronic infectious disease that occurs mainly in the warm humid…
- Cystinosis A genetic disease characterized by the widespread deposition of the amino acid cystine in cells due to a…
- Test, syphilis (RPR) Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Radiology, interventional The use of image guidance methods to gain access to the deepest interior of most organs and organ systems…
- Nomenclature of diseases See: Disease nomenclature
- Intraventricular In the ventricle of the heart or brain.
- Blockers, beta A class of drugs that block beta-adrenergic substances such as adrenaline (epinephrine), a key agent in the…