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Description of travel sickness (noun: no plural)
nausea from the movement of a vehicle

Samples of travel sickness
Travel sickness is also known as motion sickness.
Cars have a lower centre of gravity than ambulances, and are less likely, as a result, to cause travel sickness in sensitive patients.

Determination of travel sickness
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Description of morphine (noun: no plural)
a strong pain-killing and soporific drug made from opium

Samples of morphine
Methadone does not follow the same metabolic pathways as morphine, so it has been suggested that it may be useful in morphine resistant nociceptive (paradoxical) pain.



   
Description of contraceptive (noun: plural: contraceptives)
device prevents pregnancy

Samples of contraceptive
The contraceptive pill was first used in the 1960's.

Determination of contraceptive
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Description of renal (adjective)
relating to the kidney

Samples of renal
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories can cause renal failure.
High dose oral mesalazine does not seem to be nephrotoxic in rats when given for four weeks but both rats and dogs develop renal papillary necrosis when fed high dose mesalazine for 6 to 12 months.



   
Description of rectum (noun: plural: recta)
the last part of the large intestine from the sigmoid colon to the anal canal

Samples of rectum
Feces are stored in the rectum.
At home many people have a personal medication routine such as taking medications orally; inhaling them from a nasal spray; applying them to the skin; putting medicated drops or ointment into the eye; injecting them from a syringe; inserting them in the form of a suppository into the rectum or in the form of a pessary into the vagina.



   
Description of thick (adjective: thicker; thickest; the thickest)
of substantial width

Samples of thick
Thick is the opposite of thin.



   
Description of cyanide (noun: plural: cyanides)
a heavy metal poison

Samples of cyanide
Cytochrome oxidase is very sensitive to cyanide.
Oxygen is extremely reactive, and any that appeared in an atmosphere containing ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and the rest, would immediately have reacted with them.



   
Description of tremor (noun: plural: tremors)
small but uncontrolled shaking movements of a part of the body

Samples of tremor
Ethanol can induce a tremor in some people.



   
Description of cotyledon (noun: plural: cotyledons)
seed leaf of the embryo of a plant

Samples of cotyledon
The cotyledon contains food ready for germination.



   
Description of vaccinate (verb: vaccinated; vaccinated; vaccinating)
to give an injection that protects against an infectious disease

Samples of vaccinate
Children are vaccinated frequently in the West.
Germany: Although a law exists requiring employers to vaccinate healthcare workers, healthcare employees of small private practices are most likely to be unprotected against hepatitis B infection as many employers are ignoring the law.



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