Also known as: am.
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The maximum instantaneous value of alternating current or voltage. It can be in either a positive or negative direction. The greatest distance through which an oscillating body moves from the mid point. OR A measure of floor vibration. It is the magnitude or total distance traveled by each oscillation of the vibration. OR A measurement of the distance from highest to lowest excursion of a variable or physical motion. Often used with reference to waveforms.
HealthA drug directed against malaria. The original antimalarial agent was quinine which took its name from the Peruvian Indian word "kina" meaning "bark of the tree." A large and complex molecule, quinine is the most important alkaloid found in cinchona bark. Until World War I, it was the only effective treatment for malaria. In fact, quinine was the first chemical compound to be successfully used to treat an infectious disease.
HealthAseptic meningitis, or sterile meningitis, is a condition in which the layers lining the brain, the meninges, become inflamed and a pyogenic bacterial source is not to blame. Meningitis is diagnosed on a history of characteristic symptoms and certain examination findings. Investigations should show an increase in the number of leukocytes present in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), obtained via lumbar puncture.
HealthA drug that helps to control the movement of calcium ions through cell membranes. It is used to treat hypertension and angina.
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