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Bactericide

Same as Germicide.

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Antibiotic 76% connected

A medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys bacteria.

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Chemical 76% connected

Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical ch…

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Medicament 76% connected

Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

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Medication 76% connected

The act or process of medicating.

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Medicine 76% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Contraindication noun · 85% connection

(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment

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Medicinal drug noun · 85% connection

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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Tincture noun · 85% connection

(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution

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Antidote noun · 85% connection

a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

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Counterpoison noun · 85% connection

a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

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Dosage noun · 85% connection

a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

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Dose noun · 85% connection

a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

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Anticoagulant noun · 85% connection

medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

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Anticoagulant medication noun · 85% connection

medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

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Decoagulant noun · 85% connection

medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

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Acyclovir noun · 85% connection

an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms

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Alendronate noun · 85% connection

a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause

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Allopurinol noun · 85% connection

a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid

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Amrinone noun · 85% connection

a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium

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Analgesic noun · 85% connection

a medicine used to relieve pain

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Angiogenesis inhibitor noun · 85% connection

a drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumors

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Antabuse noun · 85% connection

a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested

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Anthelminthic noun · 85% connection

a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms

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Germicidal adjective · 78% connection

Germicide.

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Germicide noun · 78% connection

A germicide agent.

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