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-lytic
Thrombolytic
- Dissolving, reducing, loosening
- Agent that dissolves a blood clot (thrombus)
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-mimetic
Sympathomimetic
- Mimicking, simulating
- Mimicking the effects of the sympathetic nervous system
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-tropic
Psychotropic
- Acting on
- Acting on the mind (psych/o)
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Anti-
Antiemetic
- Against
- Drug that prevents vomiting (emesis)
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Contra-
Contraceptive
- Against, opposite
- Preventing conception
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Counter-
Countertransport
- Opposite, against
- Movement in opposite direction
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Algo, algio, algesi/o
Algesia
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Chem/o
Chemotherapy
- Chemical
- Treatment with drugs
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Narc/o
Narcosis
- Stupor
- State of stupor with decreased sensation
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Pharm, pharmac/o
Pharmacy
- Drug, medicine
- The science of preparing and dispensing drugs, or the place where these activities occur
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Pyr/o, pyret/o
Antipyretic
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Tox/o, toxic/o
Toxicity
- Poison, toxic
- State of being poisonous
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Vas/o
Vasoconstriction
- Vessel
- Narrowing of a vessel
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