(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.Expectorator
a medicine promoting expectoration
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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 member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Producing vomiting or expectoration.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.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, promoting, expectoration.An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Promoting circulation; circulating.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Promoting concretion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: medicine, promoting, expectoration.Explore Academic Dictionary
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