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Acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic, accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, breathlessness, sweating, gastrointestinal complaints, and feelings of imminent disaster. The attacks usually occur suddenly, may last from a few seconds to an hour or more, and may occur infrequently or several times a day. Treatment includes reassurance; the use of…

To blocking or countering the effects of impulses conveyed by the adrenergic postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system. Preventing or counteracting adrenergic action.  

Type of antibiotic that comes from the fungus Streptococcus peucetius. Anthracyclines are used as treatments for cancer. Examples include daunorubicin (Daunomycin), doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and epirubicin (Ellence). All drugs of this class can cause severe heart damage, even months or years after the patient has stopped taking them. Antibiotics that destroy tumour cells: examples include aclarubicin,…

Ability to recall events long past but not recent happenings; also called senile memory. Ability to remember events occurring in the remote past but not those occurring recently.  

Anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, the endocrine gland situated at the base of the brain. Under the control of the hypothalamus, it secretes hormones that control other endocrine glands throughout the body as well as hormones that have a direct effect on body growth and metabolism. Important anterior pituitary hormones are growth hormone (GH),…

Drug that inhibits ovulation, as an oral contraceptive pill.  

Not associated with ovulation, the development and release of a mature ovum (egg) from the ovary, as in anovulatory menstruation.  

Absence of one testis or both testes; also called anorchia, anorchidism.  

To the anus and surrounding area.  

In the developing embryo, a structure or part on which some later development depends; rudiment; primordium. In an embryo, an accumulation of cells destined to form a specific part of the organism; the beginning of an organized tissue, organ, or part.