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Anticoagulation
To decrease the capacity of the blood to coagulate (clot). Drugs with this ability are known as anticoagulants.
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Alpha receptors
A primary class of the receptors that are responsive to epinephrine and norepinephrine. Alpha receptors are subclassified into alpha-1 and alpha-2 receptors based on their sensitivity to various drugs.
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Adrenocorticosteroids
The group of steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex. These drugs include the glucocorticoids (Cortisol, cortisone), mineralocorticoids (aldosterone), and the sex hormones (androgens, estrogens, and progestins).
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Hepato-tonic
An agent that strengthens and tones the liver.
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Euphoric
An agent that induces a sense of buoyancy and joyfulness.
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Yeshiva
An elementary school for children of the Orthodox Jewish faith; also, an advanced school where Jewish students study the Talmud and rabbinic law in preparation for becoming rabbis.
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Wrongful death
A death caused by the wrongful action of someone else. If a person dies wrongfully, usually only a member of the immediate family such as a parent, child, or spouse has the right to bring a wrongful-death lawsuit against the party responsible. Others, such as unwed fathers and co-parents, often have no such right.
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Writing
The formation of letters, first taught to children in elementary school as printing (manuscript writing), with each letter formed separately, and later as cursive writing, in which letters are joined. The Palmer method is the traditional approach to teaching children how to write legibly. Students with problems encoding, such as those with learning disabilities, need…
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Word blindness
Alternate term for alexia, an extreme form of dyslexia, or difficulty in reading. Also known as alexia. A condition in which, as the result of disease in the brain, a person becomes unable to associate words with their proper meanings, although he or she may be quite able to spell them. An inability to understand…
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Witch’s milk
Popular name for the milk sometimes produced by a newborn’s enlarged breasts in response to the mother’s hormones. Milklike substance secreted from the breast of a newborn, caused by lactating hormones present in the maternal circulation. Milk secreted by the newly born infant’s breast, stimulated by the lactating hormone circulating in the mother. The whitish…
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