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| Glossary
A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison. A factor that renders the administration of a drug or the carrying out of a medical procedure inadvisable.
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball that covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
An agent that causes vomiting.
An abnormal condition (as mottled enamel of human teeth) caused by fluorine or its compounds.
An abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood.
The taking of material (as food) into the digestive system.
The act or an instance of inhaling; specifically : the action of drawing air into the lungs by means of a complex of essentially reflex actions that involve changes in the diaphragm and in muscles of the abdomen and thorax which cause enlargement of the chest cavity and lungs resulting in production of relatively negative pressure within the lungs so that air flows in until the pressure is restored to equality with that of the atmosphere.
A local response to cellular injury that is marked by capillary dilatation, leukocytic infiltration, redness, heat, pain, swelling, and often loss of function and that serves as a mechanism initiating the elimination of noxious agents and of damaged tissue.
1: a. the act of irritating b. something that irritates c. the state of being irritated. 2: a condition of irritability, soreness, roughness, or inflammation of a bodily part.
Capable of being mixed; specifically : capable of mixing in any ratio without separation of two phases <miscible liquids>
Used for an antacid and antiflatulent preparation of aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, and simethicone.
To convert (a liquid) to a fine spray; atomize.
Relating to, functioning like, associated with, or carried on by the lungs.
Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the lungs
1: a. the placing of air or dissolved gases in intimate contact with the circulating medium (as blood) of a multicellular organism (as by breathing) b. a single complete act of breathing <30 respirations per minute> 2: the physical and chemical processes by which an organism supplies its cells and tissues with the oxygen needed for metabolism and relieves them of the carbon dioxide formed in energy-producing reactions 3: any of various energy-yielding oxidative reactions in living matter that typically involve transfer of oxygen and production of carbon dioxide and water as end products <cellular respiration>
Of, relating to, used in, or affecting respiration.
1: failing to produce or incapable of producing offspring <a sterile hybrid> —compare INFERTILE 2: free from living organisms and especially microorganisms <a sterile cyst>
1: An agent, especially a chemical agent such as caffeine, that temporarily arouses or accelerates physiological or organic activity. 2: A stimulus or an incentive: “An age of political excitement is usually a stimulant to literature” (Will Durant). 3: A food or drink, especially an alcoholic drink, believed to have a stimulating effect.
Of, relating to, or common to a system: as a: affecting the body generally —compare LOCAL b: supplying those parts of the body that receive blood through the aorta rather than through the pulmonary artery c: being a pesticide that as used is harmless to a higher animal or a plant but when absorbed into the bloodstream or the sap makes the whole organism toxic to pests (as cattle grubs, mites, or aphids).
designed for or involving local application to or action on a bodily part <a topical remedy> <a topical anesthetic> 1: having a glutinous consistency and the quality
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