Medications

What other names is Butternut known by? Butternussbaum, Douberre, Juglans cinerea, Lemon Walnut, Nogal Blanco Americano, Nogal Ceniciento, Noyer Cerdré, Oil Nut, White Walnut. What is Butternut? Butternut is a plant. People use the bark for m...

Buttercup

What other names is Buttercup known by? Acrid Crowfoot, Bachelor's Buttons, Blisterweed, Botón de Oro, Burrwort, Globe Amaranth, Gold Cup, Meadow Buttercup, Meadowbloom, Ranunculus acris, Ranunculus acris subsp. friesianus, Ranunculus friesianu...

Coenzyme Q-10

What other names is Coenzyme Q-10 known by? Co Q10, Co Q-10, Coenzima Q-10, Co-Enzyme 10, Coenzyme Q 10, Coenzyme Q10, Co-Enzyme Q10, Co-Enzyme Q-10, Co-Q 10, CoQ10, Co-Q10, CoQ-10, Ubidcarenone, Ubidécarénone, Ubiquinone-10. What is Coen...

Codonopsis

What other names is Codonopsis known by? Bastard Ginseng, Bellflower, Bonnet Bellflower, Chuan Dang, Codonopsis Modestae, Codonopsis pilosula, Codonopsis Pilosula Modesta, Codonopsis tangshen, Codonopsis tubulosa, Dangshen, Dong Seng, Radix Codonops...

Cod Liver Oil

What other names is Cod Liver Oil known by? Aceite de Higado de Bacalao, Acides Gras Oméga 3, Acides Gras N-3, Acides Gras Polyinsaturés, Cod Oil, Fish Liver Oil, Fish Oil, Halibut Liver Oil, Huile de Foie, Huile de Foie de Flétan, Hu...

Butterbur

What other names is Butterbur known by? Blatterdock, Bog Rhubarb, Bogshorns, Butter Bur, Butterburr, Butter-Dock, Butterfly Dock, Capdockin, Chapelière, Contre-Peste, Exwort, Flapperdock, Feuille de Pétasite, Fleur de Pétasite, Grand ...

Butea Superba

What other names is Butea Superba known by? Butea Gum Tree, Buteae, Kwao Krua Dang, Red Kwao Krua, Red Kwao Krua Daeng. What is Butea Superba? Butea superba is a vine native to India, China, Vietnam and Thailand. The roots are used as medicine. I...

Butcher's Broom

What other names is Butcher's Broom known by? Balai du Boucher, Box Holly, Jew's Myrtle, Kneeholm, Knee Holly, Pettigree, Sweet Broom, Rusci Aculeati, Rusci Aculeati Rhizoma, Rusco, Ruscus Aculeatus. What is Butcher's Broom? Butcher's broom is a p...

SARS - Medical

SARS: Severe acute respiratory syndrome. A severe form of pneumonia which appeared in outbreaks in 2003. See: Severe acute respiratory syndrome.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM Pneumonia: Inflammation of one or both lungs with consolidati...

Sarcoma, synovial - Medical

Sarcoma, synovial: See Synovial sarcoma.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM Synovial sarcoma: A malignant sarcoma of soft tissue that arises near but not in a joint, most often in an adolescent or young adult, is typically slow-growing, ...

Sarcoma, soft tissue - Medical

Sarcoma, soft tissue: See: Soft tissue sarcoma.Last Editorial Review: 1/29/2003 Soft tissue sarcoma: A malignant tumor that begins in the muscle, fat, fibrous tissue, blood vessels, or other "soft" supporting tissues of the body. Soft tissue sar...

Sarcoma, metastatic - Medical

Sarcoma, metastatic: A sarcoma that is spreading into other body tissues through the lymphatic system. The most common site for metastatic sarcoma is the lungs, and there are usually multiple lesions. Treatment is by chemotherapy and surgery...

Sarcoma, Kaposi - Medical

Sarcoma, Kaposi: A relatively rare type of skin malignancy that tends to afflict elderly people or, especially, those with an abnormal immune system as in AIDS. Kaposi sarcoma is a highly vascular ("angioblastic") tumor of the skin characterized by...

Sarcoma, Ewing - Medical

Sarcoma, Ewing: A type of bone tumor that occurs in children and adolescents, most often in the large bones of the arms and legs and the flat bones of the pelvis, spine and ribs. The tumor is caused by a chromosome abnormality, called a translocation...

Sarcoma botryoides - Medical

Sarcoma botryoides: A malignancy of the cervix, vagina, or bladder in infants and young children that arises from embryonal rhabdomyoblasts (ancestral muscle cells). The tumor resembles a bunch of grapes. It has a generally good prognosis with conser...

Sarcoma - Medical

Sarcoma: One of a group of tumors usually arising from connective tissue. Most sarcomas are malignant. Many types are named after the type of cell, tissue, or structure involved, as in angiosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, liposarcoma,and osteo...

Sarcoidosis - Medical

Sarcoidosis: A disease of unknown origin that causes small lumps (granulomas) due to chronic inflammation to develop in a great range of body tissues. Sarcoidosis can appear in almost any body organ, but most often starts in the lungs or lymph nodes....

Sapporo-like virus - Medical

Sapporo-like virus: See: Sapovirus.Last Editorial Review: 2/29/2004 Sapovirus: A virus, formerly called "Sapporo-like virus" (SLV) and sometimes referred to as classic or typical calicivirus, which can cause acute gastroenteritis ("stomach flu").Las...

Coconut Oil

What other names is Coconut Oil known by? Aceite de Coco, Acide Gras de Noix de Coco, Coconut Fatty Acid, Coconut Palm, Coco Palm, Coconut, Cocos nucifera, Cocotier, Cold Pressed Coconut Oil, Fermented Coconut Oil, Huile de Coco, Huile de Noix de Co...

Cocoa

What other names is Cocoa known by? Beurre de Cacao, Cacao, Chocolat, Chocolat Noir, Chocolate, Cocoa Bean, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Oleum, Cocoa Seed, Cocoa Semen, Cocoa Testae, Dark Chocolate, Dutch Chocolate, Fève de Cacao, Graine de Cacao, Theob...

Cocillana

What other names is Cocillana known by? Grape Bark, Guapi, Guarea guara, Guarea guidonia, Guarea rusbyi, Guarea spiciflora, Guarea trichilioides, Sycocarpus rusbyi, Trompillo, Upas. What is Cocillana? Cocillana is an herb. People use the bark to m...

Coca

What other names is Coca known by? Bolivian Coca, Cocaine Plant, Erythroxylum coca, Erythroxylum novogranatense, Gu Ko Yi, Health Inca Tea, Huanuco Coca, Inca Health Tea, Inca Tea, Java Coca, Mate-de-Coca, Mate de Coca, Peruvian Coca, Spadic, Truxil...

Butanediol (Bd)

What other names is Butanediol (bd) known by? 1,4-BD, 1,4-butanediol, 1,4-butylene glycol, 1,4-dihydroxybutane, 1,4-tetramethylene glycol, 2(3H)-Furanone di-dihydro, BD, BDO, Butane-1,4-diol, Butylene Glycol, Tetramethylene Glycol, Tetramethylene-1,...

Burr Marigold

What other names is Burr Marigold known by? Bidens tripartita, Water Agrimony. What is Burr Marigold? Burr marigold is a plant. People use the above ground parts for medicine. Insufficient Evidence to Rate Effectiveness for... Hair loss, colitis...

Burning Bush

What other names is Burning Bush known by? Adiptam, Burnet Saxifrage, Dictamnus albus, Dictamnus caucasicus, Dictamnus fraxinellus, Dictamo Blanco, Díctamo Blanco, Dittany, Fraxinella, Fraxinelle, Gas Plant, Herba Dictamni Herba. What is Burni...

Burdock

What other names is Burdock known by? Arctium, Arctium lappa, Arctium minus, Arctium tomentosum, Bardana, Bardana-minor, Bardanae Radix, Bardane, Bardane Comestible, Bardane Géante, Bardane Majeure, Beggar's Buttons, Burr Seed, Clotbur, Cockleb...

Pituitary - Medical

Pituitary: 1. As an adjective, pertaining to the pituitary gland or its hormonal secretions. 2. As a noun, the pituitary gland itself. Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Pitting edema - Medical

Pitting edema: Observable swelling of body tissues due to fluid accumulation that may be demonstrated by applying pressure to the swollen area (such as by depressing the skin with a finger). If the pressing causes an indentation that persists f...

Pit, ear - Medical

Pit, ear: Tiny pit in front of the ear. Also preauricular pit. A minor anomaly of no great consequence in itself. More common in blacks than whites and in females than males. Can recur in families. The presence of 2 or more minor anomalies in a ch...

Pistol-shot pulse - Medical

Pistol-shot pulse: See: Pulse, water hammer. Last Editorial Review: 4/7/2003 Pulse, water hammer: A jerky pulse that is full and then collapses because of aortic insufficiency (when blood ejected into the aorta regurgitates back through the aor...