| VAT | variable antigen type; ventricular accommodation test; ventricular activation time; vesicular amine ... |
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| TEN | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis |
| TSS | Toxic Shock Syndrome |
| TSST-1 | Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 = Enterotoxin type F |
| ANSWER | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/National Library of Medicine's Workstation for Emer... |
| specific action | The action of a drug or a method of treatment which has a direct and especially curative effect upon a disease, e.g., the action of vitamin B12 in pernicious anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| specific dynamic action | The increase of heat production caused by the ingestion of food, especially of protein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delayed-action preparations | Dosage forms of a drug that act over a period of time. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thermogenic action | Increase of heat production of the body, as by the thyroid hormone. Synonym: thermogenic action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| law of mass action | <chemistry> This law states that the rate of a given chemical reaction is proportional to concentration of the reactants. (09 Oct 1997) |
| megacolon, toxic | Acute dilatation of the colon associated with amebic or ulcerative colitis. The dilatation may precede perforation of the colon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| goiter, diffuse toxic | Graves' disease, the most common cause of hyperthroidism, too much thyroid hormone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| goiter, toxic multinodular | Condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are overactive and produce excess thyroid hormones. This condition is also known as Parry's disease or Plummer's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plants, toxic | Plants or plant parts which are harmful to man or other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, toxic | Acute hepatitis caused by true hepatotoxins such as amanita phaloides toxin, carbon tetrachloride, yellow phosphorus, and a variety of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| shock, toxic | See Syndrome, toxic shock. (12 Dec 1998) |
| syndrome, toxic shock | A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterised by a highly toxic state (with sudden high fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle aching) followed by low blood pressure (hypotension) which can lead to shock (and death). There may be a rash resembling sunburn with peeling of skin. The channing laboratory in boston under dr. Edw. Kass discovered that toxic shock was due to a toxin produced by staph (staphylococcus) aureus bacteria growing under conditions with little or no oxygen. The syndrome occurs rarely in women not using tampons and in men. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs toxic to lung | <radiology> Bleomycin, methotrexate, cytoxan, amiodarone (12 Dec 1998) |
| toxic | Pertaining to, due to or of the nature of a poison or toxin, manifesting the symptoms of severe infection. (18 Nov 1997) |
| toxic amaurosis | Blindness due to optic neuritis caused by methyl alcohol, lead, arsenic, quinine, or other poisons. (05 Mar 2000) |