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Referring to a muscle which brings parts of the body together or moves them towards the central line of the body or a limb.  

Referring to a drug which is habit-forming and which people can become addicted to. A drug or practice which results in psychological and/or physical dependence on the drug or practice by most individuals exposed to it.  

Physically or mentally dependent on a harmful substance.  

To change one’s ideas or behaviour to fit into a new situation.  

Part of the thyroid cartilage which projects from the neck below the chin in a man. Bulge at the front of the neck formed by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx. The laryngeal prominence formed by the two laminae of the thyroid cartilage at the top of the trachea along the front (ventral surface) of…

A condition in which a baby is born without a bladder. Congenital absence of the bladder.  

A level of concentration of a toxic substance which makes people seriously ill or can cause death. A potentially lethal condition caused by a very large intake of a substance that the body cannot metabolize or excrete.  

An infection of the lungs, often following injury, which prevents them functioning properly. Massive damage to alveoli due to injury to lungs from burns, aspiration of vomitus, or infection which renders the lungs incapable of making surfactant required to keep lung tissue open. Sudden, severe failure of the lungs to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.…

Inflammation after pancreatic enzymes have escaped into the pancreas, causing symptoms of acute abdominal pain. Pancreatitis of sudden onset, marked clinically by epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, and elevated serum pancreatic enzymes. Varying degrees of pancreatic inflammation, autodigestion, necrosis, hemorrhage, gangrene, or pseudocyst formation may develop. The disease may be relatively mild, resolving in 3 or…

A form of leukaemia that affects adults and children and is usually treated with chemotherapy.