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EpiPen

American

[ep-ee-pen] / ˈɛp iˌpɛn /

Pharmacology. Trademark.

a brand name for a medical injecting device that delivers a dose of epinephrine, used to treat severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.

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On the contrary, Hippocrates, in his fifth book of Epidem, writes that such a case happening in his time the patient presently died of a spasm and convulsion.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

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