| EOA | effective orifice area; erosive osteoarthritis; esophageal obturator airway; examination, opinion, a... |
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| HOS | health opinion survey; Holt-Oram syndrome; human osteosarcoma; hypoosmotic swelling [test] |
| NORC | National Opinion Research Center |
| SO | salpingo-oophorectomy; Schlatter-Osgood [test]; second opinion; sex offender; spheno-occipital [sync... |
| SOQ | Suicide Opinion Questionnaire |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Expert Group |
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| NSAID | Non Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs |
| SAARD | Slow Acting Anti-Rheumatic Drugs |
| drugs, non-prescription | Drugs that can be sold legally without a prescription. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| drugs toxic to lung | <radiology> Bleomycin, methotrexate, cytoxan, amiodarone (12 Dec 1998) |
| immunosuppressive drugs | Drugs that block the bodys ability to fight infection or foreign substances that enter the body. A person receiving an organ transplant is given these drugs to stop the body from rejecting the new organ or tissue. Cyclosporin is a commonly used immunosuppressive drug. (09 Oct 1997) |
| orphan drugs | Drugs, biologicals, and medical devices (including diagnostic in vitro tests) that may be useful in common or rare diseases but which are not considered commercially viable. Synonym: orphan drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |