Category: P

A drug used to reduce unusually high levels of blood cholesterol. Oral agent for the treatment of hyperlipoproteinemia; the most common side effect involves asymptomatic changes in the patient’s liver tests. An HMGCoA reductase inhibitor and lipid-lowering agent. It is administered orally, as an adjunct to diet and exercise, to manage hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemias.…

To work as a doctor. To work in a particular branch of medicine.  

Any of a group of viruses which cause cowpox, smallpox and related diseases. One of a group of large DNA containing viruses including those, that cause smallpox (variola) and cowpox (vaccinia) in man, and pox and tumors in animals. One of a group of DNA viruses that produce characteristic spreading vesicular lesions, often called pocks.…

A disease with eruption of vesicles or pustules. Same as syphilis (old). Any of several diseases, usually viral, in which the skin breaks out in pustules or vesicles (small blisters). An eruptive, contagious disease. Various contagious illnesses marked by the presence of blister-like skin eruptions (such as chickenpox). Pox is occasionally employed informally as a…

Crushed so that it forms a fine dry dust.  

A medicine in the form of a fine dry dust made from particles of drugs. A medicinal preparation consisting of a mixture of two or more drugs in the form of fine particles. An aggregation of fine particles of one or more substances that may be passed through fine meshes.    

A measure of weight equal to about 450 grams. A measure of weight of the avoirdupois and the apothecaries systems that is equal to 16 oz.  

A small sac or pocket attached to an organ. A small saclike structure, especially occurring as an outgrowth of a larger structure.  

A fracture of the lower end of the fibula together with displacement of the ankle and foot outwards. A break at the lower end of the more slender bone of the lower leg (fibula] where it meets the outer portion of the ankle bone. A Pott fracture can also involve, although rarely, injury to the…

Tuberculosis of the spine, causing paralysis [Described 1779. After Sir Percivall Pott (1714-88), London surgeon.] Tuberculosis of the spine; it is rare and, if untreated, leads to bone destruction and skeletal deformity. Tuberculosis of the backbone, usually transmitted by infected cows’ milk. Untreated, it can lead to a hunchback deformity. A traditional name often applied…