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Zepatier

A combination of elbasvir and grazoprevir combined into one pill taken once-a- day to treat hepatitis C

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Zift

Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer; a method used to treat infertility in which an egg fertilized outside the body is placed into a woman's fallopian tube

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Zinc Ague

Smelter Shakes or Metal Shakes or Zinc Asthma or Zinc Chills or Brazier’s Chill; An acute malaria-like syndrome of chill, fever (sometimes) and sweat, appearing a few hours after inhalation, for a few...

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Zinc Chloride

A white powder used as an antiseptic and antiperspirant

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Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

A condition in which a gastrin-secreting tumour or hyperplasia of the islet cells in the pancreas causes overproduction of gastric acid, resulting in recurrent peptic ulcers

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Zona

Shingles; This is probably a corruption of the Latin cingulum, a girdle, so called from the situation which it occupies on the trunk of the body It is the Herpes zoster of Bateman

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Zoonosis

An animal disease that can be transmitted to humans

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Zoster

A kind of Erysipelas which goes around the body like a girdle

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Zygomatic Bone

Quadrangular bone on either side of face that forms the cheek prominence See malar

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Zygote

The cell that results when an egg is fertilized by a sperm

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Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer

A method used to treat infertility in which an egg fertilized outside the body is placed into a woman's fallopian tube

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Zafirlukast

A drug used to prevent and treat symptoms of asthma. It blocks substances that cause inflammation in the lungs. It is a type of antiasthmatic agent and a leukotriene receptor antagonist. Also called A...

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Zaltrap

A drug used with other drugs to treat colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and has not gotten better with other chemotherapy. It is also being studied in the treatment of other...

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Zanamivir

A drug used to prevent and to treat influenza virus infections. It blocks the release of the virus from infected cells. It is a type of antiviral agent. Also called Relenza.

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Zanubrutinib

A drug used to treat adults with certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, including mantle cell lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma, and Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia. It is also being studied in the tre...

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Zarnestra

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other types of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called farnesyltransferase inhibitors. Also called R1157...

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Zarxio

A drug that contains the active ingredient filgrastim and is used to treat neutropenia (a lower-than-normal number of white blood cells), prevent infection, and prepare the blood for the collection of...

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ZD0473

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called platinum analogs.

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ZD1839

A drug used to treat non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and has certain mutations (changes) in the gene. It is used in patients whose cancer has not already been tre...

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ZD4054

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called endothelin-receptor antagonists.

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ZD6126

A substance that has been studied in the treatment of several types of cancer. ZD6126 destroys blood vessels in tumors and may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow. It is a...

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ZD6474

A drug used to treat medullary thyroid cancer that is locally advanced and cannot be removed by surgery or has spread to other parts of the body. It is also being studied in the treatment of other typ...

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ZDX

A drug used to treat prostate cancer, relieve the symptoms of advanced breast cancer, and treat problems with the endometrium (lining of the uterus). ZDX keeps the body from making the hormones lutein...

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Zejula

A drug used to treat adults with certain types of ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Zejula blocks an...

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Zelboraf

A drug used to treat Erdheim-Chester disease (a very rare type of histiocytosis) and advanced melanoma that have a certain mutation (change) in the gene. It is also being studied in the treatment of o...

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Zenapax

A drug used to keep the body from rejecting kidney transplants. It is also being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions. Zenapax binds to receptors for a protein called ...

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Zepzelca

A drug used to treat adults with small cell lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and got worse during or after treatment with platinum chemotherapy. It is also being studied in the t...

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Zestril

A drug used to treat high blood pressure and certain heart conditions. It is also being studied in the prevention and treatment of side effects caused by some anticancer drugs. It blocks certain enzym...

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Zevalin

A drug used to treat adults with certain types of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Zevalin contains a monoclonal antibody that binds to ...

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Zheng

In traditional Chinese medicine, a way of diagnosing disease based on observing a set of signs and symptoms. A practitioner checks Zheng by looking at the patient; asking questions; feeling the pulse,...

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Zibotentan

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. Zibotentan may block cancer cell growth. It is a type of endothelin-A receptor antagonist.

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Ziconotide

A drug used in the treatment of chronic pain. Also called Prialt and SNX 111.

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Zidovudine

A drug that inhibits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. It is a type of systemic antiviral. Also called AZT.

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Ziextenzo

A drug that is a form of filgrastim and is used to prevent infection in adults and children with neutropenia (a lower-than-normal number of white blood cells) caused by some types of chemotherapy. Zie...

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