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Therapeutics
In medicine, the branch that deals specifically with the treatment of disease and the art and science of healing. In pharmacology, therapeutics accordingly refers to the use of drugs and the method of their administration in the treatment…
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Show more- In situ, carcinoma Cancer that involves only the place in which it began and has not spread. Carcinoma in situ is an early-stage…
- Plasma osmolarity The osmolarity of blood plasma, which is a measure of the hydration status. The plasma osmolarity is…
- Disease, His Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart), this is a…
- Functional genomics The function of each gene in the genome. Functional genomics is the study of genes, their resulting proteins…
- Exercise-induced bronchospasm Also called exercise- induced asthma, this is asthma that is triggered by vigorous physical activity…
- CLA 1. Conjugated linoleic acid.2. Cervical lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes in the neck).3. Congenital…
- Dissect To cut apart or separate tissue as, for example, for anatomical study or in surgery. Also, an artery is said…
- Bronchopulmonary segments A subdivision of one lobe of a lung based on the connection to the segmental bronchus. For example, the right…
- Leon virus Type 3 poliovirus. Named after the patient in California from whom this virus was first isolated. There are…
- Rheumatoid factor Rheumatoid factor: Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that is measurable in the blood. It is commonly used as a…
- Tamponade, esophagogastric A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding…
- Microscopic So small it cannot be seen without the aid of microscope. As opposed to macroscopic (large enough to be seen…