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- Cardiopulmonary Having to do with both the heart and lungs
- Hemidiaphragm Half of the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen and that serves as the…
- Womb cancer See: Uterine cancer
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- Leukemia, lymphocytic A form of leukemia that has a sudden onset, lymphocytic leukemia starts in the bone marrow but often spreads…
- BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) A balance disorder that results in the sudden onset of dizziness, spinning, or vertigo when moving the head
- Internal ear There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the internal ear. The…
- Histiocytosis, malignant Histiocytosis in which the histiocytes actually become cancerous. Treatment is by radiation and chemotherapy…
- Chiron In Greek mythology, the centaur who, wounded by Hercules, invented medicine in order to heal himself. Chiron…