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GHB
Known in Europe as Gamma-OH, this is gamma hydroxybutyrate, a colorless and odorless drug used illicitly for 'recreational' purposes and for 'date rape.' GBH is a central nervous system depressant. It tends therefore to increase…
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Show more- Migraine, ocular Migraine involving the eyes, with or without headache. Ocular migraines usually affect only one eye at a…
- Rickettsialpox A mild infectious disease first observed in New York City caused by Rickettsia akari, transmitted from its…
- Test, eyedrop There are many types of eyedrops and many types of eyedrop tests. One of the most common eyedrop tests is…
- Skin graft, full-thickness A graft technique in which sheets of skin containing both the epidermis and the dermis are used
- Spirometry A test of the air capacity of the lung. The test utilizes a machine called a spirometer to measure the volume…
- XRT Medical abbreviation for radiotherapy
- Vesical Refers to the urinary bladder. The word comes from the Latin vesica meaning a bag or bladder
- Ligament, posterior cruciate The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Pinna The ear or, to be more precise, the part of the ear that projects like a little wing from the head. In Latin…
- Vulvitis, yeast A yeast infection of the external genital organs of the female (the vulva). The vulva includes the labia…
- Morton's neuroma Morton's neuroma: A swollen inflamed nerve in the ball of the foot, usually between the base of the second…
- Angioedema, hereditary A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born…