(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.Antidiarrheal
a drug used to control or stop diarrhea
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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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a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.a drug used to control or stop diarrhea
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.medicine used to treat diarrhea
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: drug, control, stop, diarrhea.Explore Academic Dictionary
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