| gamma hydroxy butyrate |
ABBR: GHB. A central nervous system depressant used in some countries as an anesthetic agent. It has no approved use in the U.S., where it is sometimes abused as an illicit drug. Its street names include grievous bodil
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| gamma knife surgery |
Radiosurgery that can destroy an intracranial target by directing gamma radiation at the lesion, while attempting to spare adjacent healthy tissue. The gamma knife consists of 201 cylindrical gamma ray (cobalt 60) beams desig
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| gamma motor neuron |
A small nerve originating in the anterior horns of the spinal cord that transmits impulses through type A gamma fibers to intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle for muscle control.
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| gamma rhythm |
The 50-per-second rhythm seen in the electroencephalogram.
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| gammalinoleic acid |
An essential fatty acid promoted by alternative medicine practitioners as a treatment for skin and inflammatory disorders, cystic breast disease, and hyperlipidemia.
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