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Therapy, adjuvant
Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment. Adjuvant treatment is an addition to the primary treatment and is designed to help reach the ultimate goal. Adjuvant therapy for cancer usually refers to surgery…
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Show more- FMRP As stated in the entry for FMR1, FMRP is an acronym composed of the first letters of Familial Mental…
- Hemoglobin normal values Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying pigment in the blood, the predominant protein in the red blood cells. In…
- Anesthesia, caudal epidural See Caudal anesthesia
- Disease, Castleman A disorder of lymphoid tissue (lymphadenopathy) with massive overgrowth (hyperplasia) of lymph nodes…
- Vulvar cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- Homotrisomy Trisomy of the same chromosome. The occurrence of two children in the same family with trisomy 21 is an…
- Choroid See: Melanoma, choroidal.
- Complication In medicine, an additional problem that arises following a procedure, treatment or illness and is secondary…
- Medical-school syndrome See: Medical school syndrome
- Coke Street name for cocaine, the most potent stimulant of natural origin, a bitter addictive anesthetic (pain…
- Walker, baby A device that allows a baby to move about in a half-seated, half-upright position. A 'walker' may…
- Viral Of or pertaining to a virus. For example, 'My daughter has a viral rash.