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to give small incremental doses of a drug to effect

inflammation of the tonsils

treatment applied to the skin or mucous membranes to act on these sites

the volume of air breathed in with maximum inspiration or breathed out with maximum expiration; it is the vital capacity plus the residual volume

the presence of toxins in the blood

the conversion of one amino acid into another by the liver

the portion of extracellular fluid formed by active cellular secretions

the path substances take to travel across the cells

alters the mains voltage