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Inhalant
1. Generally, any breathable chemical vapor.2. Specifically, a psychoactive substance whose volatile vapors are subject to abuse such as solvents, household and commercial gases, medical anesthetic gases, and nitrites (for example, in…
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Show more- Ceteris paribus 1. Literally (in Latin), other things the same. 2. Figuratively, all else being equal (staying the same). 3…
- Telomere The end of a chromosome, a specialized structure involved in the replication and stability of the chromosome…
- Alpha-ET Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine
- BOD POD A method for determining the lean body mass. The BOD POD is a computerized, egg-shaped chamber. Using the…
- Dioxin One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used…
- Ed Lewis Estimated date of confinement, the estimated calendar date when the baby will be born.
- Immunization, Td Td is the vaccine given to children over six and adults as boosters for immunity to diphtheria and tetanus
- UROD deficiency Lack of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) which is the basic cause of porphyria cutanea tarda…
- Plegia Suffix meaning paralysis or a stroke. As in cardioplegia (paralysis of the heart), hemiplegia (paralysis of…
- Molar In dentistry, a molar is one of the posterior teeth well adapted to grinding, in keeping with its origin from…
- Deuterium A non-radioactive isotope of hydrogen that contains a neutron in its nucleus in addition to the one proton…
- Subjacent Just beneath or underneath. The opposite of subjacent is superjacent. Other related terms include adjacent…