Therapeutic Terms

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Adaptogenic having a positive general effect on the body irrespective of disease condition, especially under stress
Aldehydes class of organic compounds standing between alcohols and acids
Alexipharmic neutralizing a poison
Allelopathy inhibiting influence exerted by one plant over others by the production of a chemical inhibitor; usually a terpenoid or phenolic
Allopathy system of medicine which uses drugs with effects opposite to the symptom s produced by the disease (in contrast to homoeopathy)
Alveolitis inflammation of tooth socket
Amenorrhea failure to menstruate
Anaesthetic agent which produces a local or general loss of sensation, including pain
Analeptic fortifying, restorative
Analgesic relieves pain without blocking the conduction of nerve impulses or markedly altering the function of the sensory apparatus
Anaphrodisiac reduces sexual desire
Anodyne relieving pain; analgesic
Anthelmintic agent that is destructive to worms and used for removing internal parasitic worms
Anticoagulant impeding the clotting of blood
Antidepressant  uplifts and counteracts depression 
Antifungal destroying fungi or inhibiting their growth
Anti-inflammatory reducing or suppressing inflammation
Antineuralgic agent that relieves paroxysmal nerve pain
Antioxidant a substance that inhibits oxidation or reactions promoted by oxygen, peroxides, or free radicals 
Antiphlogistic preventing or curing inflammation; antipyretic
Antipyretic counteracting inflammation or fever; febrifuge
Antirheumatic an agent which suppresses manifestations of rheumatic disease or agents that are capable of delaying progression of the basic disease process in inflammatory arthritis  
Antiseborrheic preventing or relieving excessive secretion of sebum
Antiseptic inhibit the growth of or destroy infectious microorganisms
Antispasmodic capable of preventing or relieving spasms or convulsions
Antitussive relieving or preventing coughing
Antiviral drugs that stimulate cellular defenses against viruses, reducing cell DNA synthesis and making cells more resistant to viral genes, enhancing cellular immune responses or suppressing their replication
Anxiolytic relieving anxiety and tension
Aperient gently moving the bowels
Aperitive stimulating the appetite
Aphrodisiac increasing sexual desire 
Astringent causing contraction of living tissues(often mucous membranes); reducing haemorrhages, secretions, diarrhoea, etc
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