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An essential uterine haemorrhage, where the lining of the uterus swells and there is heavy menstrual bleeding. A disorder characterized by irregular bouts of uterine bleeding without previous ovulation due to excessive oestrogenic activity. It is associated with endometrial hyperplasia and cysts of the ovary. Irregular and heightened menstrual bleeding, occasionally persistent, arises from an excess…

A condition in which the uterus protrudes into the vagina. Protrusion of the womb into the vagina, which consequently becomes displaced downward.  

A drug which controls the activity of the heart, used to treat angina and high blood pressure. An antihypertensive drug used to lower high blood pressure and decrease cardiac output. It is used to treat people who have had a heart attack by reducing heart rate and blood pressure. Metoprolol (Lopressor and Toprol-XL) works as…

A drug used to treat nausea, vomiting and indigestion. A drug that stimulates movements of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine; an anti-vomiting drug. Metoclopramide (Reglan and others) is used to treat a condition called diabetic gastroparesis by relieving symptoms of nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and a continued feeling of…

Almost pure alcohol, with wood alcohol and colouring added. A mixture consisting mainly of ethyl alcohol with methyl alcohol and petroleum hydrocarbons. The addition of pyridine gives it an objectionable smell, and the dye methyl violet is added to make it recognizable as unfit to drink. It is used as a solvent, cleaning fluid, and…

A drug which helps to prevent cells reproducing, used in the treatment of cancer. An antimetabolite that interferes with the action of the vitamin, folic acid. This drug also suppresses the immune system and serves as an antineoplastic drug. Antineoplastic drug used to treat certain cancers. Adverse effects include mouth sores, digestive upsets, bone marrow…

A synthetically produced antibiotic, used in the treatment of infections which are resistant to penicillin. Antibiotic of the penicillin family that is not rendered inactive by the penicillinase enzyme released by certain bacteria; it is used to treat certain staphylococcal infections. Adverse effects include allergic reactions, kidney disturbance, and occasionally inflammation or phlebitis at the…

A colourless poisonous liquid, used as a solvent and a fuel. It changes easily into a gas. Methyl alcohol; wood alcohol; colorless, flammable liquid used as a solvent for ethyl alcohol. Highly toxic if ingested, methanol can cause blindness, kidney failure, and death. Wood alcohol; also called methyl alcohol. Methanol is used as a solvent…

A colourless flammable gas with no smell. An odourless, colourless, highly flammable gas which occurs naturally in gas from coal mines and oil wells. ‘Natural’ gas supplied to homes and industries is almost 100 per cent methane. It is not poisonous unless present in large amounts, when it may displace oxygen and thus asphyxiate (suffocate)…