Category: E
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Extrapyramidal side effects
Are a group of symptoms (tremour, slurred speech, akathisia, dystonia, anxiety, paranoia and bradyphrenia) that can occur in persons taking antipsychotic medications. An untoward effect of neuroleptic medications with distressing symptoms including tremors, bradykinesia, dystonia, and restless movements of the mouth, legs, and hands.
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Exteroceptive
Responsiveness to stimuli that are external to an organism. Receiving impressions from outside.
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Expectorant
An agent that increases bronchial mucous secretion by promoting liquefaction of the sticky mucous and expelling it from the body. Stimulates more effective coughing and clearance of phlegm from the throat and chest. Substance that causes mucus in the lungs and bronchial passages to come out more easily, usually through coughing. An agent that promotes…
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Exophthalmos or exophthalmia or proptosis
Is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Abnormal protrusion of the eyeball. Prominence of the eyes most commonly found in patients with hyperthyroidism caused by Graves’ disease. Exophthalmos may affect one or both eyes, may be apparent before the overactive thyroid gland develops, and may appear for the first time after…
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Exocytosis
The cellular process by which cells excrete waste products or chemical transmitters. The releasing of an entity that was bound inside an “endosome” (e.g., inside a cell). Process by which cells release compounds such as hormones. The discharge of particles from a cell. They are too large to pass through the cell membrane by diffusion.…
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Excipient
A pharmacologically inert substance used as a diluent or vehicle for the active ingredients of a medication. Inert vehicle substance in drugs. A substance added to a drug so that it can be made into a pill. A substance that is combined with a drug in order to render it suitable for administration; for example…
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Excitotoxicity
Is the pathological process by which neurons are damaged and killed by glutamate and similar substances. A condition where neurons are damaged and killed by overactive excitatory neurotransmitter activity. A cascade of neuronal injury that leads to neurodegeneration and dementia. Abnormal stimulation of the central nervous system (CNS) following a traumatic stimulus, such as a…
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Exanthematous
Characterized by or of the nature of an eruption or rash. Referring to an exanthem or like an exanthem.
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Euglycaemia
Normal blood glucose concentration.
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Estrus
Sexual excitement or heat of female; or period of this characterized by changes in the sex organs. A recurrent period of sexual receptivity in female animals marked by an intense sexual urge. Slang: in heat. The portion or phase of the sexual cycle of female animals characterized by a willingness to accept the male. Periodic…