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noun - A quinolone antibiotic used to treat infections of the genital and urinary tracts.
category:Pharmaceutical drugs
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| narcotic |
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noun
- Any class of substances or drugs, that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour that are also illegal.
- Any type of numbing drug.
adjective
- Of, or relating to narcotics.
- Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.
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| nard |
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noun
- A flowering plant of the Valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.
- The oil from the plant.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to nard.
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| nebula |
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noun (nebulae, pl2=nebulas)
- (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
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| nepenthe |
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noun - A drug described in Homer's Odyssey that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow.
- Anything which effects the welcome forgetfulness of such sorrow.
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| nervine |
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adjective
- (medicine) Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.
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| neurotoxin |
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noun
- (context, neuroscience, toxicology) A toxin that acts specifically on nerve tissue.
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| nitrofurantoin |
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noun
- A nitrofuran drug, 1-(5-nitro-2-furfurylideneamino)hydantoin, used in the treatment on urinary tract infections such as cystitis.
category:Pharmaceutical drugs
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| nonsteroidal |
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adjective
- (steroid) That does not consist of, or contain steroids.
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| nostrum |
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noun (pl2=nostra)
- A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.
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