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P.o.
Abbreviation meaning by mouth, orally (from the Latin 'per os', by mouth). One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of Latin terms that have traditionally been used in prescriptions. Some others: > >a.c. = before meals (from 'ante cibum'…
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Show more- Alpha-ethltryptamine An illicit hallucinogenic drug related to tryptamine. Street names for alpha-ethyltryptamine include…
- Test, carcinoembryonic antigen See: Carcinoembryonic antigen
- Monoclonal antibody An antibody produced by a single clone of cells (specifically, a single clone of hybridoma cells) and…
- Zidovudine triphosphate The active form of zidovudine which is also known as AZT. See: AZT
- Metabonomics The study of metabolic responses to drugs, environmental changes and diseases. Metabonomics is an extension…
- OHRP The Office of Human Research Protections, the agency responsible for developing, monitoring and exercising…
- PET scan The popular name (and abbreviation) of Positron Emission Tomography
- Familial lung cancer Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family…
- DNA, satellite DNA that contains many tandem (not inverted) repeats of a short basic repeating unit. Satellite DNA is…
- Prenatal diagnosis Diagnosis before birth. Methods for prenatal diagnosis include ultrasound of the uterus, placenta, and/or…
- Euphenics Literally meaning 'normal appearing,' euphenics aims to improve the outcome of a genetic disease by altering…
- Abscess A local accumulation of pus anywhere in the body. The following are some examples of abscesses: > >A skin…