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Radiation oncologist
A specialist in the use of radiation therapy as a treatment for cancer
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- Necropsy A postmortem examination or autopsy. Necropsies have been done for more than 2,000 years but during most of…
- Tracheostomy tube Tracheostomy tube: A 2- to 3-inch metal or plastic tube that keeps the stoma and trachea open. Also called a…
- Cardiac index A cardiodynamic measure based on the cardiac output, which is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects…
- FBLN3 The gene encoding the protein known as fibulin 3. See: Fibulin 3
- Disease, delta-storage pool See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase See: UROD
- Restriction fragment length polymorphism A difference in DNA between people that can be recognized by the use of a restriction enzyme. Referred to as…
- Myelitis, transverse A disease of the spinal cord in which there is demyelination (erosion of the myelin sheath that normally…
- Fine needle aspiration The use of a thin needle to withdraw material from the body. For example, this method is commonly used to…
- Sandfly fever An acute mild viral disease characterized by fever, malaise, eye pain, and headache occurring mainly during…
- Smell, inability to No sense of smell is called anosmia. It can be due to loss of the sense of smell or failure for it to…