An often fatal disease of African ungulates caused by various species of trypanosomes and transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly Also called tsetse disease
An addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior, and usually induces sleep or stupor Natural and synthetic narcotics are used in medicine to control pain
A thin, plastic tube that is inserted through the nose, down the esophagus, and into the stomach; used to drain, wash, or take samples from the stomach, or to feed very sick patients who cannot eat
In medicine, death by natural causes is a loosely-defined term used by coroners describing death when the cause of death was a naturally occurring disease process
A technique of giving birth that stresses relaxation techniques so that the use of pain-relieving drugs can be minimized; also called prepared childbirth
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