(medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.Chelation
(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
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(medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.(medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a crystalline steroidal glycoside present in squill (Drimia maritima).; "Scillaren is used in the treatment of ischaemic heart disease…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also admi…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; us…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; "curare acts by bloc…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General medicine.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.Words connected by meaning
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an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chron…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, removing, heavy, metal, bloodstream.Explore Academic Dictionary
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