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Drug used to treat hookworm infestation. Adverse effects include nausea, abdominal cramps, and sometimes liver toxicity. An anthelmintic drug used in the treatment of hookworm disease. It is given by mouth. Toxic side-effects are rare, but vertigo and headache frequently occur and patients with severe anemia may collapse during treatment.  

Preparation prepared from the globulin of a person immune to tetanus and given to provide short-term protection from the disease in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus organisms; it is considered safer than tetanus antitoxin, the chief disadvantage being pain at the site of injection. A solution containing antibodies to Clostridium tetani. It is…

A tetanus immune serum given for short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus organism. Adverse effects include pain at the site of injection and possible allergic reactions. Protective antibody against Clostridium tetani, the bacterium that causes tetanus. The antibody develops after inoculation with tetanus toxin or toxoid or after infection…

Malignant neoplasm of the testis, occurring most often in men between the ages of 20 and 35, often affecting an undescended testis and more frequently the right testis. In its early stages testicular cancer is often asymptomatic, and it may metastasize, later causing urinary and pulmonary symptoms and an abdominal mass. Treatment depends on the…

Infant born after the normally expected duration of pregnancy after the 37th and before the 43rd week of gestation regardless of weight. An infant born between the beginning of the 38th week through the 41st week of gestation (260 to 287 days).  

Oral antihypertensive. Adverse effects include syncope, postural hypotension, depression, sleep disturbance, and, rarely, impotence. A drug used to treat mild to moderate high blood pressure and a noncancerous prostate disease called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Terazosin (Hytrin) is an alpha blocker, a drug that blocks nerve endings. Terazosin lowers blood pressure by widening blood vessels…

Terata, grossly deformed fetus (monster) that usually does not survive.  

Tentlike body part, especially the tentorium that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum above. A curved infolded sheet of dura mater that dips inward from the skull and separates the cerebellum below from the occipital lobes of the cerebral hemispheres above. A wide flap of dura mater forming a partition…

Watering of the eye resulting from excessive tear production caused by irritation (as from a foreign object), infection, or strong emotion. Abnormal overflow of tears from the eye and down the cheek. In the healthy eye, tears are produced by the lacrimal glands in the upper eyelids and other glands in the conjunctiva, then they…

Duct, such as the lacrimal duct or the nasolacrimal duct, that transports tears. A duct that conveys tears. These include secretory ducts of lacrimal glands, and lacrimal and nasolacrimal ducts.