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Donor lymphocyte infusion
(DLI) A cancer treatment in which lymphocytes from a bone marrow donor are infused into the person who received the original bone marrow transplant. The goal of donor lymphocyte infusion is to induce a remission of the cancer by a process…
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- Medicare Part A The Medicare program that covers inpatient hospital stays. Medicare is the United States government's health…
- Chicken pox See: Chickenpox
- EPT Estrogen/progestin therapy
- DPT immunization Immunization to protect against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus. DPT immunizations are…
- Steroid, designer See: Designer steroid
- Spontaneous abortion A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is…
- Anticoagulant agent A medication used as a 'blood-thinner' to prevent the formation of blood clots and to maintain open blood…
- Syncope, vasodepressor The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. (Syncope is temporary loss of…
- Suppressant, cough A drug used to control coughing, particularly with a dry, nagging, unproductive cough
- Metatarsophalangeal joint sprain An injury to the big toe due to forced hyperextension (bending back) of the toe. The damage is to the capsule…