(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.Fosamax
a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause
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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 synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to treat hypertension
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.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: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tablet, trade, name, prescribed, prevent.Explore Academic Dictionary
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