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Biological therapy
Biological therapy: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease. Biological therapy is thus any form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the…
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Show more- Parasuicide An apparent attempt at suicide, commonly called a suicidal gesture, in which the aim is not death. For…
- BRCA1 breast cancer susceptibility gene A mutated (changed) version of the BRCA1 gene that makes a person susceptible to developing breast cancer…
- Acute illness A disease with an abrupt onset and usually a short course
- Turbinate A bone shaped like a top. The turbinate is a bone in the nose; it is an extension of the ethmoid bone, is…
- Poison Control Center Special information centers set up to inform Americans about how to respond to potential poisoning. These…
- Anoxic Pertaining to anoxia, an absence or near absence of oxygen
- Reperfusion The restoration of blood flow to an organ or tissue. After a heart attack, an immediate goal is to quickly…
- Homeopathic Pertaining to homeopathy
- VAD Ventricular assist device, a mechanical pump that takes over the function of the damaged ventricle of the…
- Phantom limb syndrome The perception of sensations, usually including pain, in an arm or leg after the limb has been amputated. The…
- Sunburn Sunburn is an inflammation of the skin that develops in response to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation…
- Vein, central retinal The blood vessel that carries blood away from the retina of the eye. The counterpart to the central retinal…