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An oral drug (2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid) used to remove lead from the body by chelation. It is used primarily to treat children with acute lead intoxication. Its side effects include gastrointestinal upset, skin rashes, and elevated liver function test results.  

A method of turning over a flap surgically to prevent adhesions, particularly involving a pterygium of the eye.  

Beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column or a vertebra.  

In chemistry, a portion of a compound that represents a smaller part of the molecule than the remainder of the substance.  

A collection of blood under the nail as a result of trauma. This condition may be treated by heating the end of a paper clip and then placing its point against the nail, which permits a small hole to be melted painlessly in the nail and allows the trapped blood to escape.  

The precise identification of the genetic identity of a microorganism, often using DNA fingerprinting techniques.  

The process by which undesired, overlying structures can be removed from a radiographical image.  

The portion of the diencephalon lying below the thalamus and above the hypothalamus.  

The underlying structure of supporting material.  

Causing a change or substitution of characteristics.