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AGNIC - Wildlife terms
Category: Animals and Nature > Wildlife Management
Date & country: 27/09/2013, USA
Words: 917


vitamin p
see bioflavinoid.

vitiligo
a condition in which there is loss of pigmentation

washout period
the time it takes for a drug to be cleared from the body after it is discontinued.

wasting syndrome
a condition characterized by atrophy of lean body mass and involuntary weight loss.

water-soluble
capable of being dissolved in water. Contrast with fat-soluble.

wbc
white blood cell. See leukocyte.

wellferon
brand name of lymphoblastoid interferon-alpha-n1, produced by GlaxoSmithKline.

western blot
an antibody test used to confirm a positive ELISA test for HIV.

western medicine
allopathic medicine; the type of medical practice.

white blood cell (wbc)
see leukocyte.

wilson's disease
a hereditary disorder affecting copper metabolism.

window period
the time between exposure to a microorganism and the production of sufficient antibodies to be detected on a test.

wnl
within normal limits.

xenograft (xenotransplant)
a transplant of an organ or tissue from a different species.

zadaxin
see thymosin-alpha.

zidovudine (azt)
an HIV medication (brand name Retrovir). It is a nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) used in combination with other antiretroviral medications to treat HIV. AZT can increase the severity of ribavirin-related anemia.

zinc
an essential trace mineral.