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An anticonvulsant drug used especially to treat migraines, seizures and epilepsy. An anticonvulsant drug used to treat all types of epilepsy. It is administered by mouth; side-effects may include digestive upsets, drowsiness, and muscle incoordination. A drug of first choice for the treatment of several forms of epilepsy, including primary generalized epilepsy, generalized absences and…

A cellular process in which sodium is immediately excreted from any cell which it enters and potassium is brought in. The energy requiring process by which a high potassium concentration is maintained inside cells and a high sodium level is maintained outside the cells. The energy is provided by ATP. The active transport mechanism that…

An antibiotic used mainly to treat penicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections. An antibiotic used mainly to treat infections caused by Staphylococcus. It is administered by mouth or injection or applied in an ointment for skin infections; common side-effects are mild digestive upsets.  

Sodium salt used in cooking, and also as a relief for indigestion and acidity. An alkalizer both systemically and in the urinary tract. Sodium bicarbonate is a chemical compound (NaHC03) used in baking soda and powders and in medicine, especially as an antacid. It is used occasionally by athletes as an ergogenic aid. During near…

The balance maintained in the body between salt lost in sweat and urine and salt taken in from food. The balance is regulated by aldosterone.  

Medicine as applied to treatment of diseases which occur in particular social groups.  

The process involved when young children are becoming aware of society and learning how they are expected to behave.  

Sexually transmitted disease.  

To put something in liquid so that it absorbs some of it.  

The condition of breathing noisily through a nose which is blocked with mucus, which is usually a symptom of the common cold, but can sometimes be a sign of congenital syphilis. Partial obstruction of breathing in infants, caused by the common cold. The traditional name applied to noisy breathing in children due to the constant…