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Featured Article: Magnesia
Magnesia, mag NEE shuh or mag NEE zhuh, is a white, tasteless substance. See more »
Acetaminophen
Acetaminophen, uh seet uh MIHN uh fuhn, is a commonly used drug that relieves pain and reduces fever.
See more »Ampicillin
Ampicillin, am puh SIHL ihn, is a drug used to treat infections caused by certain bacteria.
See more »Aspirin
Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid, is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world.
See more »Atropine
Atropine, AT roh peen, is a drug derived from several plants in the nightshade family, especially from a bushy plant called belladonna or deadly nightshade.
See more »Benzocaine
Benzocaine, BEHN zoh kayn, is a drug that reduces pain or itching in minor wounds, sores, and burns on skin and mucous membranes.
See more »Benzodiazepine
Benzodiazepine, behn zoh dy AZ uh peen, is any of a group of drugs widely prescribed to relieve anxiety.
See more »Caffeine
Caffeine, KAF een, KAF ee ihn, or ka FEEN, is an odorless, slightly bitter solid.
See more »Cephalosporin
Cephalosporin, sehf uh luh SPAWR ihn, is any of a group of widely used antibiotics.
See more »Chloramphenicol
Chloramphenicol, klawr am FEHN uh kohl, is an antibiotic once used for the treatment of many kinds of infections.
See more »Chlorpromazine
Chlorpromazine, klawr PROH muh zeen, is a drug used to reduce hallucinations and delusions in mentally ill persons.
See more »Cocaine
Cocaine, koh KAYN, is a powerful drug made from leaves of the coca shrub of South America.
See more »Cod-liver oil
Cod-liver oil is a yellow, fishy-smelling oil obtained from the livers of codfish.
See more »Codeine
Codeine, KOH deen, also called methylmorphine, is a drug used to relieve pain and coughing.
See more »Cortisone
Cortisone, KAWR tuh zohn, is one of an important group of hormones made in the cortex (outer part) of the adrenal glands.
See more »Curare
Curare, kyu RAH ree, is the name for various substances used as arrow poison by Indians in South America.
See more »Cyclosporine
Cyclosporine, sy kloh SPAWR een, is a drug that fights rejection of transplanted body tissues and organs.
See more »Digitalis
Digitalis, dihj uh TAL ihs, is the dried leaves of the purple foxglove, a garden flower.
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