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IMRT
Intensity modulated radiation therapy
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- Venereal disease A disease that is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact, caused by microorganisms that survive on the…
- Underventilation See: Hypoventilation
- Trigger Something that either sets off a disease in people who are genetically predisposed to developing the disease…
- Agranulocytosis, infantile genetic Children born with this condition lack neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting…
- Genetic transport defect Within the body, many molecules are able to pass across the membranes that surround cells. These molecules…
- Fever, trench Fever, trench: A disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it…
- Midwife A person trained to assist a woman during childbirth. Many midwives also provide prenatal care for pregnant…
- Cancer, lung Cancer of the major organ of respiration - the lung. Lung cancer kills more men and women than any other form…
- Drug, antithyroid A drug directed against the thyroid gland. The antithyroid drugs include carbimazole, methimazole, and…
- Vertebral compression fracture One of the last two ribs. A rib is said to be "vertebral" if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…
- Chlamydia A type of bacteria one species of which causes an infection very similar to gonorrhea in the way that it is…