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Base, pressor
A pressor base is a substance chemically classified as a base (or amine) that is capable of raising the blood pressure. 'Pressor' refers to causing a rise in blood pressure. The word comes from the French verb 'presser' meaning 'to exert…
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Show more- Graves disease Generalized diffuse overactivity ('toxicity') of the entire thyroid gland which becomes enlarged into a…
- Inhibitor, ACE See: ACE inhibitor
- Study, antro-duodenal motility An antro-duodenal motility study is a study for detecting and recording the contractions of the muscles of…
- Stenosis, spinal See: Spinal stenosis
- Craniopagus parasiticus Conjoined twins joined at the head (craniopagus) in which a rudimentary head (with little or no body) is…
- Disease, pulseless See: Takayasu disease
- Morton toe See: Morton's syndrome
- Body hearing aid A type of hearing aid that comprises a rectangular case carried on the body connected by cords to earmolds. A…
- Bi- Prefix meaning two, as in biceps or bicuspid
- Poikiloderma Extra pigmentation of the skin demonstrating a variety of shades and associated with widened capillaries…
- Nervine A nerve tonic, a medicine that acts therapeutically upon the nerves, particularly in the sense of a sedative…
- CHAMPUS The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (in the United States). CHAMPUS is a…