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  • 121hydrocholeretic — Pertaining to hydrocholeresis. * * * hy·dro·cho·le·ret·ic et ik adj of, relating to, or characterized by hydrocholeresis hydrocholeretic n an agent that produces hydrocholeresis * * * hy·dro·cho·le·ret·ic (hi″dro ko″lər etґic) 1 …

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  • 122hypercatabolic — Pertaining to hypercatabolism. * * * hy·per·cat·a·bol·ic (hi″pər kat″ə bolґik) pertaining to or characterized by hypercatabolism. causing hypercatabolism …

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  • 123hypoglycemic — Pertaining to or characterized by hypoglycemia. * * * hy·po·gly·ce·mic or chiefly Brit hy·po·gly·cae·mic sē mik adj 1) of, relating to, caused by, or affected with hypoglycemia <a hypoglycemic reaction> <hypoglycemic patients> 2)… …

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  • 124iatric — Pertaining to medicine or to a physician or healer. [G. iatros, physician] * * * iat·ric (.)ī a trikalso (.)ē adj 1) of or relating to a physician or medical treatment: MEDICAL <outstanding iatric ability> 2) being medicinal, healing, or… …

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  • 125inflammatory — Pertaining to, characterized by, causing, resulting from, or becoming affected by inflammation. * * * in·flam·ma·to·ry in flam ə .tōr ē, .tȯr adj accompanied by or tending to cause inflammation <inflammatory diseases> * * *… …

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  • 126karyopyknotic — Pertaining to or causing karyopyknosis. * * * karyo·pyk·not·ic (kar″e o pik notґik) 1. pertaining to or characterized by karyopyknosis. 2. causing karyopyknosis …

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  • 127ketonic — Pertaining to, or possessing the characteristics of, a ketone. * * * ke·ton·ic ke tän ik, tōn adj of, relating to, or being ketones or ketone bodies * * * ke·ton·ic (ke toґnik) 1. pertaining to a ketone. 2. developed from a ketone …

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  • 128ketotic — Pertaining to ketone bodies; presence of acidosis due to excess ketone body production such as occurs in uncontrolled insulin dependent diabetes. * * * ke·tot·ic (ke totґik) pertaining to or characterized by ketosis. causing ketosis …

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