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A diagnostic technique using heat waves to detect breast cancer in its early developmental stages. A technique, used especially in screening for breast cancer, where part of the body is photographed using infrared rays which record the heat given off by the skin and show variations in the blood circulating beneath the skin. Technique for…

The addition of heat to a natural body of water sufficient to damage the aquatic ecosystem.  

A weather condition in which a layer of warm, stable air forms above a cooler, polluted layer, inhibiting dispersal of pollutants.  

The power to transmit or convey heat.  

The shotgun approach to prescribing medicines.  

Therapeutic index. The ratio obtained by dividing the effective therapeutic dose by the minimum lethal dose.  

The concentration of a drug in the body in a quantity that is effective for accomplishing the desired results.  

An assessment of the relative safety of drugs. The ratio between the median lethal dose and the median effective dose of a drug used for a particular effect. The ratio of the dose of a drug which causes cell damage to the dose of that drug which is typically needed to effect a cure, by…

A drug used for treating or preventing disease, or to maintain health.  

An abortion that is legal under state law. An abortion which is carried out because the health of the mother is in danger. Legal, induced abortion done for medical reasons, as when the pregnancy threatens the pregnant woman’s life. An abortion that may be performed if the mother is at risk of serious physical or…