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N
- native dry
extract
- an extract, typically
hydroalcoholic, of plant material from which the solvent has
evaporated to leave a solid residue
- natriuretic
- agent causing sodium to
be excreted into the urine
- nausea
- symptoms resulting from
an inclination to vomit
- ne-
- in botany, not, free
from
- necrosis
- death of one or more
cells, or of a portion of a tissue or organ
- neonate
- newborn
- nephritis
- kidney
inflammation
- nephro-
- in botany,
kidney-shaped
- nephrolithiasis
- presence of kidney
stones or gravel
- nephrosclerosis
- hardening of the kidney
from overgrowth and contraction of the interstitial
connective tissue
- nervous bladder
- tendency to urinate in
response to emotion stress
- neuralgia/neuralgic
ailment
- pain of severe
throbbing or stabbing nature along a nerve
- neurasthenia
- ill-defined condition,
accompanying or following depression, characterized by vague
fatigue believed to be brought about by psychological
factors
- neuritis
- nerve
inflammation
- neuroleptic
- a therapeutic agent
which produces a state of altered awareness and
tranquilization
- neurotoxic
- poisonous to the
nerves
- neurovegetative
(neurovisceral)
- referring to the
innervation of the internal organs by the autonomic nervous
system
- nicotine-like
effects
- producing an effect
which stimulates (small doses) and then depresses (large
doses) autonomic nervous function
- noradrenaline,
norepinephrine
- a catecholamine hormone
secreted from the adrenal medulla and post-ganglionic
adrenergic fibers in response to hypotension or emotional
stress
- NYHA guidelines
- New York Heart
Association guidelines specifying degrees of heart
failure:
stage I -no effect on physical
performance
stage II - performance of patient under
major stress is decreased
stage III - performance
affected even during normal activity but not during
rest
stage IV - symptoms during rest, no physical
stress is possible, patient must remain in
bed
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