REM sleep
The stage where the brain is busiest and the body stillest, held slack while the eyes dart behind closed lids.
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Looking inside with an instrument, an act named separately from the instrument that does it and from any image recorded.
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AAP most often abbreviates alanine aminopeptidase, a kidney tubular enzyme measured in urine, though the identical letters separately denote a well known pediatric professional organization.
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Clinicians divide it into four quadrants or nine regions, because where pain sits narrows down which organ is speaking.
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Abraxane is a brand name chemotherapy drug that delivers paclitaxel bound to albumin nanoparticles to treat several types of cancer.
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AC-T is a sequential chemotherapy regimen for breast cancer that pairs two drugs given together followed by a third drug given afterward.
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Acetate is a chemical compound derived from acetic acid, used in the body's metabolism and in many pharmaceutical and laboratory preparations.
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Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that relays signals across synapses to nerve, muscle, and gland cells, supporting memory and muscle contraction.
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One molecule with two unrelated jobs: thinning sticky mucus in the airway, and rescuing the liver after a paracetamol overdose.
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A solid filament with nothing running through it, which is what separates it from every needle used to inject or withdraw.
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Three fields use the same three letters, and only context separates a safety report from a chemotherapy schedule.
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An advance directive is completed while a person can still decide, stating what medical treatment to give or withhold if that ability is later lost.
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Graduate level training beyond standard nursing preparation qualifies this clinician to diagnose conditions and manage treatment within a defined, state regulated scope of practice.
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Whether an unwanted development counts as an effect or merely an event turns on one question: did the treatment cause it?
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Binding tightly and doing something once bound are separate abilities, and a blocker can excel at the first while deliberately lacking the second.
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A harmful substance made by certain types of mold (Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus) that is often found on poorly stored grains and nuts.
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One word doing two jobs, describing how fast a disease moves in one sentence and how hard a treatment pushes in the next.
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Allopathic medicine is the conventional biomedical system built on drugs, surgery, and other interventions supported by scientific research, in contrast with alternative approaches.
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Alternative medicine refers to practices used in place of standard medical treatment that are not part of conventional care.
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A nutrient in the vitamin B complex that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy.
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