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- galactogogue
- stimulating secretion
of milk
- galenical
preparations
- preparations of
botanical drugs
- gallstone
- a gallbladder or
bileduct concretion composed of cholesterol, occasionally
mixed with calcium
- ganglions
- nerve cell bodies
grouped in the peripheral nervous system
- gargle
- fluid used
therapeutically as a throat wash
- gastroenteritis
- gastrointestinal tract
inflammation; characterized by abdominal pain, nausea,
diarrhea, vomiting; which may be caused by bacteria,
parasites or a virus
- gingivitis
- inflammation of the
fibrous tissues that surround the teeth
- gland-stimulating
remedy
- expectorant
- glaucoma
- eye disease with
increased ocular pressure
- glaucoma,
narrow-angle
- form of glaucoma in
which contact of the iris with the peripheral cornea
prevents normal drainage of aqueous humor
- glosso-
- in botany,
tongue-like
- glucocorticoid
- any steroid-like
compound capable of significantly influencing intermediary
metabolism, such as promotion of deposition of glycogen in
the liver, and of exerting a useful antiinflammatory
effect
- glucosuria
- glucose in the
urine
- glycine
- the simplest amino acid
which is a contituent of normal protein and an inhibitory
transmitter; used as a dietary supplement
- glycogenolytic
- breaking down glycogen
to glucose
- glycoside
- a molecule which upon
hydrolysis produces at least one simple sugar and non-sugar
component
- goiter
- chronic thyroid gland
enlargement, not due to cancerous growth
- gout
- a disease characterized
by an increased blood uric acid level and sudden onset of
episodes of acute arthritis
- grandi-
- in botany,
large
- granulation
- pink, fleshy overgrowth
of capillaries and collagen within a wound
- granulatory
- encouraging
granulation
- granulocyte
- a mature white blood
cell with cytoplasm containing granules
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