Lindane
An organochlorine pesticide and nerve poison. Also a suspected carcinogen (cancer-causing agent). Although many countries have banned lindane, it is still used in the US for treating head lice and scabies. Also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2003 announced stronger warnings and a medication guide to be distributed directly to patients purchasing Lindane Lotion and Lindane Shampoo for the treatment of scabies and lice.
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the cuffed or tunnelled line and the reservoir long line that ends in a rubber bulb or reservoir. The possible complications of a central line include air in the chest (pneumothorax) due to a punctured lung, bleeding in the chest (hemothorax), fluid in the chest (hydrothorax), ble4eding into or under the skin (hematoma) and infection. […]
- Line, central venous
the cuffed or tunnelled line and the reservoir long line that ends in a rubber bulb or reservoir. The possible complications of a central venous line include air in the chest (pneumothorax) due to a punctured lung, bleeding in the chest (hemothorax), fluid in the chest (hydrothorax), ble4eding into or under the skin (hematoma) and […]
- Line, germ
A sequence of cells, each descended from earlier cells in the lineage, which will develop into new sperm and egg cells for the next generation.
- Lingual
Having to do with the tongue.