Also known as: am.
AM has various meanings in the Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of AM in Medical.
The unbranched form of starch, containing glucose residues in ?-1,4 linkage.
MedicalA 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.
MedicalAseptic 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.
MedicalA 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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