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scratch

Street, slang, or code word for hydrocodone... Read More

screening

Screening is a population-based intervention offered to an identified key population that attempts to detect medical conditions in individuals and groups that are not experiencing signs and symptoms of illness... Read More

screening tests

The use of technological testing procedures to differentiate those individuals with signs or symptoms of disease from those less likely to have the disease... Read More

scrotum

External pouch-like structure containing the testicles and their accessory organs... Read More

scruples

Street name, slang, or code word for crack cocaine... Read More

scuffle

Street name, slang, or code word for phencyclidine (PCP)... Read More

search warrant

Orders that a specific location be searched for items, which if found, can be used in court as evidence... Read More

sebaceous glands

Glands within the skin that secrete sebum for the purposes of lubricating the skin and hair... Read More

seborrheic dermatitis

Chronic inflammatory disease of the skin with unknown etiology; often characterized by moderate redness; dry, moist, or greasy scaling; and yellow crusted patches on various areas of the body (e... Read More

sebum

Oily, fatty material secreted by sebaceous glands to lubricate and protect the dermal surfaces of associated structures... Read More

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