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A drug reaction or effect other than the intended or anticipated one that is unusual, undesirable, discomforting, or life-threatening. An unexpected and potentially harmful response to a drug that is unrelated to its intended effect. Adverse drug reactions can occur because of the nature of the drug taken or because the person taking it is…

In law, in quasi-legal proceedings, a process whereby teams prepare cases for opposite sides of an issue and present them to a judge or jury in a quasi-judicial proceeding.  

The outer coat of a tube-shaped structure such as the blood vessels. The outermost part or layer of a structure or organ, such as the tunica adventitia or outer layer of an artery. The external layer of the three layers that make up the wall of a blood vessel.  

Educational programs provided by high schools in cooperation with community colleges or universities in which certain qualifying students are allowed to pursue college-level courses for college credit while still in high school. In education, granting a student a position above that of most entrants, usually after demonstration of proficiency in some aspects of the coursework;…

Describes the stage of cancer in which the disease has spread from the primary cancer site to other body systems by traveling through the lymphatic system or blood stream and is usually irreversible.  

In psychology, a form of empathy in which the therapist infers concerns and feeling that lie behind what the client is saying. It represents an interpretation, primary empathy.  

Usually an insidious disease of the joints characterized by swelling, pain, and tenderness. These symptoms are usually most severe in the morning and subside with mild activity, providing fatigue is avoided.  

A period in life extending from the termination of adolescence to death.  

Health education programs designed to meet the health needs of adults in a community health agencies; health education.  

The developments at puberty that consolidate the gender identity of childhood and integrate a new, adult body image with new secondary sexual characteristics and sexual orientation.