Category: L

A drug that relieves severe diarrhoea by slowing down the movements of the intestine. A piperidine derivative that works as an antidiarrheal. An antidiarrhea drug. Loperamide (Imodium, Kaopectate, and others) helps stop diarrhea by slowing the movements of the intestines, reducing the amount of fluid in the stool, and increasing the density of the stool.…

A curved tube which forms the main part of a nephron in the kidney. Shaped portion of a microscopic kidney tubule in the nephron; site of action of many important drugs, including some diuretics (thus, the term—loop diuretics—for drugs like furosemide). A U-shaped segment of the renal tubule, comprised of the thin descending limb and…

To take care of a person and attend to his or her needs.  

A toilet, or a room containing a toilet (informal).  

A ward for patients who will stay in hospital for a long time.  

Referring to staying a long time in hospital.  

The condition of being longsighted.  

Able to see clearly things which are far away but not things which are close.  

The usual position of a fetus, lying along the axis of the mother’s body. A type of fetal presentation in which the axis of the fetus is generally up-and-down, like that of the mother.  

A groove separating the two cerebral hemispheres.