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Treatment, symptomatic
Therapy that eases the symptoms without addressing the basic cause of the disease. For example, symptomatic treatment of advanced lung cancer that has spread (metastasized) beyond the lung is designed to decrease the pain and other…
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- Syndrome, aortic arch See: Aortic arch syndrome
- Liver transplant Liver transplant: Surgery to remove a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy liver (or part of one)…
- Differentiation 1 The process by which cells become progressively more specialized; a normal process through which cells…
- Bell, Charles (1774-1842) Renowned surgeon, anatomist and artist, who discovered Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial…
- VHL Von Hippel-Lindau. See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Genitalia, male internal See: Male internal genitalia
- Radio frequency identification (RFID) A system for remotely storing and retrieving data. An RFID tag may be a little sticker that can be…
- Syndrome, Alport See: Alport syndrome
- Typhoon A regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline…