STAT means now. Everything else means consult a specialist.
Tissue death caused by ischemia (lack of blood flow), which is basically what happens when blood vessels abandon their duties.
The body's aggressive defense response to injury or infection, featuring the classic quartet of redness, heat, swelling, and pain. It's your immune system going to war, with your tissues as collateral damage.
To deliberately make something refuse to dissolve, which is the chemical equivalent of teaching a substance to be stubbornly independent. It's the opposite of solubilize, used when you want compounds to stay separate rather than mix together. Scientists do this when they need materials to resist dissolving in specific environments, like medications that shouldn't break down until they reach the right part of your digestive system.
To chemically or physically separate a substance into its pure form, the scientific equivalent of 'I need some me time' but with beakers and centrifuges involved.
Weaponizing your body's own immune system to fight disease—essentially recruiting your white blood cells as personal assassins against cancer cells. It's like having your body's defense force finally read the enemy briefing.
Delivered directly into the spinal canal surrounding the spinal cord—the medical equivalent of a VIP backstage pass, but for drugs and anesthesia. This route bypasses all the usual traffic and gets compounds straight to the nervous system's management.
A molecule that acts as nature's light switch, turning genes on and off like a microscopic electrician. In social contexts, it's someone who convinces you to do something regrettable.