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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Execptational items

Medical; Medicine

Significantly large items that are distinct in nature from items normally occurring during ordinary business activities.

C-reactive protein (CRP)

Medical; Medicine

Produced by the liver. The level of CRP rises when there is body-wide (systemic) inflammation.

Cost growth rates

Medical; Medicine

Percentage growth of a particular cost category over the comparable cost category for the previous year.

Dopamine partial agonists

Medical; Medicine

Drugs that mimic the effects of dopamine in the brain by stimulating dopamine receptors.

Drug metabolism

Medical; Medicine

The biochemical modification or degradation of drugs, usually through specialised enzymatic systems.

Dyslipidaemia

Medical; Medicine

Abnormal concentrations of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood.

Bipolar disorder

Medical; Medicine

Any of several mood disorders characterised usually by alternating episodes of depression and mania or by episodes of depression alternating with mild non-psychotic excitement.