axis – line on a graph to measure data. Graphs usually have a vertical axis (y-axis) and horizontal axis (x-axis). An axis should show what is being measured and the units of measurement, eg ‘time (in minutes)’.
Glossary
Selected words and phrases
substitution therapy – using a prescription drug, eg methadone or buprenorphine, to stop using heroin.
BD (or bid) – a short hand term for medication dosing that means ‘twice-daily’.
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…