(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.Anthelminthic
a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
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(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a medicine used to relieve pain
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A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in tw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medication, capable, causing, evacuation, parasitic.Explore Academic Dictionary
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