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Acronyms

COD – Acronym

Chemical Oxygen Demand acronym

Acronyms

BOD – Acronym

Biochemical Oxygen Demand acronym

Medicine

Rickettsial diseases

Rickettsial disease are of 2 types – typhus group and spotted fever group. Typhus group: Epidemic typhus / Classic typhus / louse borne typhus / gaol fever –

Pharmacology

Methyldopa

Methyldopa Methyl analogue of dopa. It is used as a centrally acting adrenergic antihypertensive. Methyldopa is converted to methyl noradrenaline, which is a central alpha 2 agonist. This

Pharmacology

Alpha Methyl Noradrenaline

Active metabolite of alpha methyldopa. Acts on the central alpha 2 adrenergic receptors to decrease central sympathetic outflow. Precursor form – alpha methyldopa – is used as an

Acronyms