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Nitrosoureas
A group of cancer drugs called alkylating agents because they act by the process of alkylation to inhibit DNA repair. The nitrosoureas can cross the blood-brain barrier and are used to treat brain tumors. The nitrosoureas include…
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Show more- Congenital defect A birth defect.
- Tubular vision A centrally constricted field of vision that is like what you can see through a tube. Also called tunnel…
- Anatripsis The use of friction as a treatment modality for a medical condition. Anatripsis may or may not also involve…
- Hypoplastic anemia-triphalangeal thumbs E-Smith type: See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
- Mitotic Pertaining to mitosis.
- Hepatitis, infectious See Hepatitis A
- Disease names See: Disease nomenclature
- Glioma, optic See Optic glioma
- Scan, spiral CAT A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Evacuation supplies kit Endovascular aneurysm repair. A procedure to repair an aneurysm of the aorta. In EVAR a stent is placed in…
- Hemithorax Half of the thorax or, more simply, one side of the chest. The plural is hemithoraxes or hemithoraces. A…
- Blood draw Removal of blood, usually by venipuncture (phlebotomy, venous blood sampling). Blood draw is a popular term…