Medicine

Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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Ventricular fibrillation

Anatomy; Allergies and allergens

An erratic, disorganised firing of impulses from the ventricles. The ventricles quiver and are unable to contract or pump blood to the body. This is a medical emergency that must be treated with ...

Antiserum

Medical; Medicine

Serum that contains antibodies. It is obtained from an animal that has been immunised either by antigen injection or infection with microorganisms containing the antigen.

Hippocrates

Medical; Medicine

Greek doctor who took the first steps to make medicine scientific. He worked to distinguish medicine from superstitions.

Medicine

Medical; Medicine

The scientific study of identifying, preventing, and treating disease and injury. It is used to treat or prevent a disease.

Penicillin

Medical; Medicine

An antibiotic that is made from a kind of mold. Penicillin is used to teat or prevent infection by bacteria.

Laxative

Medical; Medicine

A medicine that is used for the treatment of chronic constipation. Laxatives are of different types depending upon the severity of constipation.

Synthol

Medical; Medicine

Synthol is a mixture of different oils (85% oil, 7.5% lidocaine, and 7.5% alcohol). The mixture is often used by bodybuilders. It was created by the German Crhis Clark in the 1990s.