Category: N
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Narapathy
A system of healing that asserts that disease originates in disturbed ligaments and connective tissue.
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Nalline
A semisynthetic derivative of morphine.
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Nalaxone
A drug that inhibits the effect of morphine and similar opiates and blocks the pain alleviation ascribed to endorphins.
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Nailbed
The area of the corium on which the toe or finger nail rests. The part of the finger which is just under the nail and on which the nail rests. The skin that lies beneath a nail at the tip of a digit. The portion of a finger or toe covered by the nail. Portion…
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Nagele’s rule
A method for determining the expected date of confinement relative to pregnancy, determined by adding 7 days to the first day of the last normal menstrual period and subtracting 3 months from this date.
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Nadle
A third gender in the Navajo culture. Members of this gender are those who are dissatisfied or uncomfortable with the male and female gender roles as well as those born with ambiguous genitalia.
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Nabothian glands
Little glands at the neck of the cervix may form cysts and require treatment. One of many small, mucus-secreting glands of the cervix of the uterus. Dilated mucous glands in the uterine cervix.
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Neutral
Neither acid nor alkaline, that is having a pH of 7.
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
NSAIDs include aspirin and aspirin-like drugs (Indacin, Motrin, Advil, Clinoril, Naprosyn). They block the enzyme responsible for the body’s synthesis of prostaglandins and related substances. Blocking synthesis of some prostaglandins can cause salt and water retention by the kidney and thereby increase blood pressure. Aspirin, indomethacin, and phenylbutazone. These drugs block the action of cyclooxygenase…
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Nested within
Of a taxon or clade placed within another clade in a phylogenetic tree.