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A drug which helps to relax muscles in the airways, used in the treatment of conditions such as asthma, bronchitis and emphysema. A bronchodilator delivered by inhaler for the relief of lung disease symptoms. Ipratropium (Atrovent) is used to open up narrow breathing passages and to control symptoms of asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. By increasing…

A drug made from the root of an American plant, used as a treatment for coughs, and also as an emetic. The root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a Brazilian shrub. It contains an alkaloid, emetine, which acts as an irritant when brought into contact with the interior of the stomach, producing vomiting. Formerly used to induce…

Treatment by ions introduced into the body via an electric current.  

A machine that increases the amount of negative ions in the atmosphere of a room, so counteracting the effect of positive ions.  

To give an atom an electric charge.  

Referring to involution. Concerning involution or a turning inward.  

A covering of new bone which forms over diseased bone. A growth of new bone, formed from the periosteum, that sometimes surrounds a mass of infected and dead bone in osteomyelitis. The sheath of new bone which is formed round a piece of dead bone in, for example, osteomyelitis.  

An experiment on a living body, e.g. that of an animal.  

The fertilisation of an ovum in the laboratory. Fertilization of the egg (ovum) outside the body. The fertilized ovum is then incubated until the blastocyst stage develops, when it is implanted into the uterus. The procedure was developed in Britain and the first successful in vitro baby, a girl, was born in 1978. IVF is…

Surgery to investigate the cause of a condition.