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Glossary You can always search for entries (regexp permitted). Begins with Contains Exactly matches All All There are 408 entries in the glossary. Pages: «1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 » Term Definition Steroids Steroids are types of chemicals found naturally in the body. They are also produced artificially to treat diseases.   Stimulants Substances that can change your mood, or produce a sense of alertness and energy. For example, caffeine.   Stomach The sac-like organ of the digestive system that helps digest food by churning it and mixing it with acids to break it down into smaller pieces.   Strabismus Misalignment of the eyes, also known as cross eyes.   Strep Throat Streptococcal sore throat, or strep throat as it is more commonly called, is an infection of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. Sometimes the tonsils are also infected (tonsillitis). The disease is caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria. Untreated strep throat may develop into rheumatic fever or other serious conditions.   Stress An organism's total response to environmental demands or pressures   Striatum Part of the basal ganglia of the brain. The striatum is composed of the caudate nucleus, putamen, and ventral striatum.   Stroke The sudden death of brain cells in a localized area due to inadequate blood flow.   Stuttering Frequent repetition of words or parts of words that disrupts the smooth flow of speech.   Sudden Infant Death Syndrome The unexplained death without warning of an apparently healthy infant, usually during sleep. aka SIDS   Suppositories A suppository is a medicine that is inserted either into the rectum (rectal suppository) or into the vagina (vaginal suppository) where it melts.   Syngeneic stem cell transplantation A procedure in which a patient receives blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) donated by his or her healthy identical twin.   Syphilis A chronic contagious usually venereal and often congenital disease that is caused by a spirochete of the genus Treponema (T. pallidum) and if left untreated produces chancres, rashes, and systemic lesions in a clinical course with three stages continued over many years -- called also lues   Systemic Concerning or affecting the body as a whole.   Targeted therapy A type of treatment that uses drugs or other substances, such as monoclonal antibodies, to identify and attack specific cancer cells without harming normal cells.   Taste buds Groups of cells located on the tongue that enable one to recognize different tastes.   Telemetry wand A hand-held device that acts as a remote control, directing the dosing level of a drug via a pump implanted beneath the skin.   Testosterone Testosterone is a male sex hormone, which is involved in making sperm and sexual characteristics such as the voice getting deeper. Testosterone is also found in small amounts in women.   Thyroid gland The thyroid gland in the throat makes hormones to help control growth and metabolism (the process that turns the food we eat into energy).   Tonic-clonic seizure A type of seizure that results in loss of consciousness, generalized convulsions, loss of bladder control, and tongue biting followed by confusion and lethargy when the convulsions end.   All Glossary V2.0