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A white alkaloid sometimes used as an adulterant in street heroin. An alkaloid drug made from the bark of cinchona, a South American tree. A compound useful in malaria treatment. Antimalarial with antipyretic and analgesic properties. Adverse effects include tinnitus, deafness, visual disturbances, gastrointestinal upsets, blood disorders, and hypersensitivity reactions. An antimalarial drug. Quinine works…

A drug derived from cinchona bark that is useful in treating irregularities of the heart beat. Drug, used to treat certain heart arrhythmias. Adverse effects include gastrointestinal upsets, high blood pressure, and cardiac arrhythmia. A drug used to treat abnormal heart rhythms; an antimalarial drug. Quinidine (Quinaglute) is effective in the treatment of abnormal heart…

Stages 2-4 of sleep during which there are no rapid eye movements and during which the EEG shows progressively less cortical arousal.  

Giving one valuable thing for another. Something required in return for another thing of like value. Used in the consideration of health manpower legislation to refer to requirements of health professional schools set as conditions of their receiving Federal capitation payments.  

A piece of something to be chewed, e.g., a wad of chewing tobacco in a person’s mouth.  

Movements of the fetus felt by the mother which usually occurs about the 4th month of pregnancy. The first sign of life in an unborn baby, usually after about four months of pregnancy, when the mother can feel it moving in her uterus. The baby’s first movements in the uterus, generally felt by mothers during…

Survey questions in written form. A list of questions submitted to a patient or research subject in order to obtain data for analysis.  

A teacher or learner- centered method depending upon who is in control of the questioning. It can be a valuable method of motivating two-way communications and in receiving important feedback.  

In the gay community, homosexual males who adopt exaggerated feminine behavior.  

Having the characteristics of medical use or services, but not generally accepted in modern medical practice.