(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.Anti-inflammatory drug: alternatives and connections
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Anti-inflammatory drug
a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
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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
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.Words connected by meaning
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The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, intended, reduce, inflammation.Explore Academic Dictionary
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