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• Quinine
  ...|url= }} Also cites {{cite book |title=The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity |last=Porter |first=Roy |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= ...rl= |accessdate= |quote= }}</ref> but none of them can compete in economic terms with isolation of the alkaloid from natural sources. The first synthetic [[
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• Mefloquine
  ...vid dreams.<ref>{{Cite journal | author = Schlagenhauf | journal = British Medical Journal | volume = 327 | issue = 8 | year = 2003}}</ref> A [[This American ...0 µM, an effect closely related to the acute neurotoxicity of the drug in terms of dose effect and kinetics."<ref name="Dow2004" />
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• Potassium iodide
  ...roshima and 20 Years After Chernobyl | journal = [[Journal of the American Medical Association|JAMA]] | year = 2006 | volume = 295 | issue = 9}}</ref> other forms including [[Potassium iodate|iodate (KIO₃)]] in terms of safety, effectiveness, lack of side effects, and speed of onset, the FDA
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• Activated carbon
  ...[[nitrogen]] gas at 77 [[kelvin|K]] under high [[vacuum]], but in everyday terms activated carbon is perfectly capable of producing the equivalent, by adsor ===Medical applications===
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• Dopamine
  ...edicalnewstoday.com/articles/94023.php ''Dopamine Involved In Aggression - Medical News Today'']</ref> This theory is often discussed in terms of drugs such as [[cocaine]], [[nicotine]], and [[amphetamine]]s, which dir
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• Caffeine citrate
  ...trate''' (Cafcit) is a [[citrate]] salt of [[caffeine]], sometimes used in medical treatment, including short-term treatment of [[apnea of prematurity]] ([[ap ...1:2. It is therefore generally recommended that caffeine is prescribed in terms of caffeine base, and not caffeine citrate.
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• Ibuprofen
  ...of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.<ref name="essentialWHO">{{Cite web ...considered the maximum daily dose for over-the-counter use, though under [[medical direction]], the maximum amount of ibuprofen for adults is 800 milligrams p
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• Epinephrine
  ...epinephrine''. The term ''epinephrine'' is often shortened to '''epi''' in medical jargon.<ref name="isbn0-89262-438-8">{{cite book |author= Gail Askew and Ma ...muscle.<ref name="sabyasachi">{{cite book |author=Sabyasachi Sircar |title=Medical Physiology |publisher=Thieme Publishing Group |location= |year=2007 |pages=
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• Morphine
  ...ith integral needle for immediate use. From WWII. On display at the [[Army Medical Services Museum]].]] ...[asphyxia]] and death by respiratory depression if the person does not get medical attention or an antidote ([[naloxone]]) immediately.<ref name=Duldner>[http
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• Diazepam
  ...w.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2006/MB_cgi?mode=&term=Diazepam|title=Diazepam|work=Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)|publisher= National Library of Medicine|accessdate= ...of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.<ref name="essentialWHO">{{cite web |
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• Locoweed
  ...ck poisoned by chronic ingestion of large amounts of swainsonine develop a medical condition known as '''locoism''' (also '''swainsonine disease''',<ref name= |title=Vocabulario Vaquero/cowboy Talk: A Dictionary Of Spanish Terms From The American West
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• Acokanthera
  ...George M. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Dictionary of New Medical Terms | publisher = Bailliere Tindall & Cox | date = 1905 | location = London | p
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• Airspeed Oxford
  [[File:Royal Air Force Medical Services, 1939-1945. CH2171.jpg|thumb|A patient and attendant on board an O In terms of flying experience, the Oxford was suitably representative as to enable p
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• Temazepam
  ...em|CNS]] depression, and include [[somnolence]], [[dizziness]], [[Fatigue (medical)|fatigue]], [[ataxia]], [[headache]], [[lethargy]], impairment of [[memory] There are rare reports in the medical literature of psychotic states developing after abrupt withdrawal from benz
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...lphabetically. Previous English encyclopedias had generally listed related terms separately in their alphabetical order, rather like a modern technical dict ...lack selected for its editor Dr. [[Thomas Stewart Traill]], a professor of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh University. When Dr. Traill fell ill, he was ass
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• Superabsorbent polymer
  ...horticultural. With the added strength of the acrylamide monomer, used as medical spill control, wire & cable waterblocking * Medical waste solidification<ref>[http://www.creativechemistry.com/]</ref>
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• Polymer
  ...n definition. (see [[Jöns Jacob Berzelius#New chemical terms|New chemical terms]])
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• Colloid
  ...] or [[viscosity]] (e.g., a sauce).Hydrocolloid-based [[dressing (medical)|medical dressing]]s are used for [[skin]] and [[wound]] treatment. ...nosine triphosphate|ATP]]. Furthermore, [[life]] itself was explainable in terms of the aggregate properties of all the colloidal substances that make up an
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• Depleted uranium
  .... Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and contain The actual acute and chronic toxicity of DU is also a point of medical controversy. Multiple studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents
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• Textile
  ...produce long strands.<ref>{{cite web | title = An Introduction to Textile Terms | rk = The Textile Museum | url = http://www.textilemuseum.org/PDFs/Texti ...s synonyms for ''textile''. However, there are subtle differences in these terms in specialized usage. ''Textile'' refers to any material made of interlacin
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• Textile manufacturing
  ...leaching are acceptable, for example. However, for white bed sheetings and medical applications, the highest levels of whiteness and absorbency are essential. ...ose of cotton but take account that reeled silk is a continuous fibre. The terms used are different.
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• Iron
  Although its metallurgical role is dominant in terms of amounts, iron compounds are pervasive in industry as well being used in The medical management of iron toxicity is complicated, and can include use of a specif
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• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  ...reducing the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, leading to [[Hypoxia (medical)|hypoxia]]. Additionally, [[myoglobin]] and mitochondrial [[cytochrome oxid ...oning: systemic manifestations and complications|journal=Journal of Korean Medical Science|year=2001|pages=253–261|volume=16|issue=3|pmid=11410684|month=Jun
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• Cancer
  '''Cancer''' {{IPA-en|ˈkænsər||en-us-cancer.ogg}} (medical term: [[malignancy|malignant]] [[neoplasm]]) is a class of [[disease]]s in ...edition = 2nd, illustrated, revised| language = | publisher = McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division | location = New York | year = 2002 | page = 5| isbn = 978-0-
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• Nosocomial infection
  ...ction is also known as a '''hospital-acquired infection''' (or, in generic terms, '''healthcare-associated infection'''). ...[medical procedure]]s bypass the body's natural protective barriers. Since medical staff move from patient to patient, the staff themselves serve as a means f
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• Asbestos
  ...le that they used the term ''asbestos'' for [[soapstone]], because the two terms have often been confused throughout history.<ref name=histsci/> ...the U.S.<ref name="qsqlui" /> The term [[Mesothelioma]] was first used in medical literature in 1931; its association with asbestos was first noted sometime
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• Air safety
  It is often reported that air travel is the safest in terms of deaths per passenger mile. The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] Several terms fall under the [[flight safety]] topic of '''runway safety''', including ''
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• Work–life balance
  ..., family and spiritual development) on the other. Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance". ...jobs are three times more likely than others to suffer from stress-related medical conditions and are twice as likely to quit. The study states that women, in
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• Examinetics
  ...Overland Park, Kansas, operates over 70 mobile screening units to provide medical surveillance testing and reporting services to US industrial and government ...re providers, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. Kent is the Medical Director of Examinetics.
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• Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970
  ...the Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932, the Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946, and the Guarding of Machinery Con <blockquote>Noting the terms of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention, 1960, and the Regulations annexed
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• Radiation dose reconstruction
  ...nuclear facility, except dose reconstructions evaluate past exposures. The terms historical and retrospective often are used to describe a dose reconstructi ...ion methods are used to a large extent in occupational, environmental, and medical epidemiological research studies.
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• Occupational hygiene
  ...characterizing the nature of the issue, both in terms of the hazard and in terms of the risk to the workplace and ultimately to society. This has involved ...first legal definition in the United States of an industrial hygienist in terms of education and experience. The APIH Registration Committee investigates a
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• Emergency management
  Emergency Management is one of a number of terms which, since the end of the [[Cold War]], have largely replaced ''Civil def ...emergency response was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, it had two sections of questions for a professional to ask the
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• Occupational safety and health
  • Voluntary medical examinations<br> ...a 0.5 or 50/50 chance of the outcome occurring during a year), in relative terms (e.g. "high/medium/low"), or with a multi-dimensional classification scheme
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• Work–life balance (United States)
  ...to have a life '''thus''' the work life balance. Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance". ===Family and Medical Leave Act===
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• Cadmium
  ....com/?id=PmohO5jV2YsC|pages = 159|title = Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science|first = Robley|last = Dunglison|publisher = Henry C. Lea|year = 186 ...ernational Conference on Weights and Measures]] redefined the [[meter]] in terms of a red cadmium spectral line (1 m = 1,553,164.13 wavelengths).<ref>{{cite
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• Lead poisoning
  ...num''', '''saturnism''', [[Devon colic]], or '''painter's colic''') is a medical condition caused by increased levels of the [[Heavy metal (chemistry)|heavy Lead poisoning can cause a variety of [[symptom]]s and [[medical sign|signs]] which vary depending on the individual and the duration of lea
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• Electromagnetic field
  ...ials which possess more complex responses to electromagnetic fields, these terms are often represented by complex numbers, or tensors. ...at there is only one type (no [[negative mass]]es), or, in more colloquial terms, 'gravity is always attractive'.
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• Lead
  ...iclerender.fcgi?artid=1567791 The cultural parameters of lead poisoning: a medical anthropologist's view of intervention in environmental lead exposure. ...easurement|location = Bethesda, MD|title = Structural shielding design for medical X-ray imaging facilities.}}</ref> Molten lead is used as a [[coolant]] (e.g
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• ASTM International
  ...Press Release 09/09/09">[http://astmnewsroom.org/default.aspx?pageid=1881 Medical Device Standards Database Press Release 09/09/09]</ref> * the '''Terminology Standard''', that provides agreed definitions of terms used in the other standards.
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• Personal health record
  ...ideal PHR would provide a complete and accurate summary of the health and medical history of an individual by gathering data from many sources and making thi ...ed for use by health care providers. Like the data recorded in paper-based medical records, the data in EHRs are legally mandated notes on the care provided b
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• Electronic health record
  ...cal computerized records in a specific health-care organization|Electronic medical record}} [[File:Electronic medical record.jpg|thumb|300px|Sample view of an electronic health record]]
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• International System of Units
  ...cations, but note also that parsecs in astronomy, calories and mmHg in the medical sciences, and electron volts in physics are not part of the specific system ...nal, an III'') the terms ''gramme'' and ''kilogramme'' replaced the former terms ''gravet'' (correctly ''milligrave'') and ''[[grave (mass)|grave]]''. On 10
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• Chelation
  ...n general it is difficult to account precisely for thermodynamic values in terms of changes in solution at the molecular level, but it is clear that the che ===Other medical applications===
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• Partial pressure
  ...of an individual gas component in an ideal gas mixture can be expressed in terms of the component's partial pressure or the [[mole (unit)|moles]] of the com ...partial pressure and molar fraction: <ref name=biophysics200> Page 200 in: Medical biophysics. Flemming Cornelius. 6th Edition, 2008. </ref>
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• PH
  ...Carlsberg Laboratory was French speaking) or that pH stands for the Latin terms ''pondus Hydrogenii'' or ''potentia hydrogenii''. It is also suggested that ...entally. To get around this difficulty, the electrode is [[calibrate]]d in terms of solutions of known activity.
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• Sulfuric acid
  ...dhausen acid'', is formed. Concentrations of oleum are either expressed in terms of % {{chem|SO|3}} (called % oleum) or as % {{chem|H|2|SO|4}} (the amount m ...an naturalist [[Pliny the Elder]] (23-79 AD). [[Galen]] also discussed its medical use. Metallurgical uses for vitriolic substances were recorded in the Helle
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• List of muscles of the human body
  ...action refers to the action of each muscle from the standard [[anatomical terms of location|anatomical position]]. In other positions, other actions may be ...[[galeal aponeurosis]] || front of the [[helix (ear)|helix]], [[Anatomical terms of location|cranial]] surface of the [[pinna (anatomy)|pinna]] || || [[faci
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• List of cutaneous conditions
  ...'s color atlas and synopsis of clinical dermatology |publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division |year=2005 |pages= |isbn=0-07-144019-4 |oclc= |accessdate=}}< ...ames are included within this list when those terms are found in English [[medical literature]]. Inclusion of [[acne excoriée des jeunes filles]] ([[French
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• List of phobias
  ...pecialists prefer to avoid the suffix ''-phobia'' and use more descriptive terms, see, e.g., [[personality disorders]], [[anxiety disorder]]s, [[avoidant p [[Biology|Biologist]]s use a number of ''-phobia/-phobic'' terms to describe predispositions by plants and animals against certain condition
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