(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.Counterpoison
a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
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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 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.a drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumors
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.Words connected by meaning
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A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data; "a control operation started the dat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data; "a control operation started the dat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an ef…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business; "she left some of her personal effects in the house"; "I w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.a program that controls the execution of other programs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: remedy, stops, controls, effects, poison.Explore Academic Dictionary
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