a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also admi…
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Scillaren
a crystalline steroidal glycoside present in squill (Drimia maritima).; "Scillaren is used in the treatment of ischaemic heart disease."
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(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.The treatment of disease by baths.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.a blood thinner (trade name Plavix) approved for the treatment of mild heart attacks; works by preventing blood platelets from stickin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.a glycoside derived from glucose
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crystalline, steroidal, glycoside, present, squill.
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