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A feeling that your bowl not completely empty even though it is empty. A medical definition is “a sensation of incomplete bowel evacuation despite an empty rectum”.

The marvels of latin and medicine – words for everything…

ETR (end of treatment response) – having an undetectable HCV viral load at the end of HCV treatment. See SVR.

prenatal – before birth. The time in which the foetus (developing baby) grows in the uterus.

Tmax – the time taken for a drug to reach the highest (maximum) concentration.

What happens when you take a drug?

second-line therapy – the combination of used after your first treatment has failed.