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Blastoma
A tumor thought to arise in embryonic tissue. The term 'blastoma' is commonly used as part of the name for a tumor as, for examples, in glioblastoma and medulloblastoma (types of brain tumors), hepatoblastoma (a liver tumor)…
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Show more- Intracorporeal Within the body or any structure anatomically called the corpus. For example, when men with erectile…
- Acu- A combining form indicating a relationship to a needle. As in acupuncture. From the Latin acus meaning needle
- Lymphoma, low-grade See: Low-grade lymphoma
- Physician assisted suicide See: Physician-assisted suicide
- Artificial abortion An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an induced or therapeutic abortion. As opposed…
- Overweight The term 'overweight' is used in two different ways. In one sense it is a way of saying imprecisely that…
- SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) The sudden and unexpected death of a baby with no known illness, typically affecting sleeping infants between…
- Vitrectomy Removal of the gel (called the vitreous) from within the eyeball. This may be done because it has blood and…
- Brown syndrome An ophthalmology (eye) problem. Brown syndrome is an abnormality that is present at birth (congenitally) and…
- Paraphilia Paraphilia: One of several complex psychiatric disorders that are manifested as deviant sexual behavior. For…
- DOTS Stands for Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. DOTS is a strategy used to reduce the number of…
- Exon The region of a gene that contains the code for producing protein. Each exon codes for a specific portion of…