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Rare hereditary disease resulting in autonomic nervous system dysfunction, most commonly m Ashkenazi Jews. Symptoms include mental retardation, lack of coordination, vomiting, frequent infections, and seizures. A rare hereditary disease involving the autonomic nervous system and characterized by mental retardation, motor incoordination, vomiting, frequent infections, and convulsions. It is seen almost exclusively in Ashkenazi Jews.…

Type of fly, including the common fruit fly. Substance taken by mouth, injection, or applied locally to prevent or treat a disorder (e.g., to ease pain).  

Oral antihypertensive agent, administered once daily; the most common side effect is orthostatic hypotension. A drug that lowers high blood pressure. Doxazosin (Cardura) dilates arteries and veins and is used to treat high blood pressure and other conditions, such as a benign enlarged prostate. It also lowers cholesterol levels. Doxazosin belongs to a class of…

Pneumonia of both lungs at the same time. Pneumonia that involves both lungs or two lobes.  

Fixed-combination drug, containing a sedative (phenobarbital) and several other agents, used to decrease gastrointestinal spasm.  

Breakup in the normal anatomical state of part or parts of an organism. Rate at which a drug becomes a solution. The disintegration of a body into its constituent parts; conversion into a liquid state; an approaching state of death.  

Molecule in which each end has an equal, but opposite, electrical charge; may also refer to oppositely charged poles of a magnet. A molecule in which each end has an equal but opposite charge. The intensity of the charge is given by its dielectric moment or constant.  

Decrease in the amount of a substance in a solution for each unit of volume, usually the result of adding water to increase the volume.