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Angiosarcoma
A type of cancer that begins in the lining of blood vessels. This type of tumor tends to be aggressive, recur locally, and spread widely. It can originate anywhere in the body but is well known to arise in skin, soft tissue, liver, breast…
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- Cerebellar Pertaining to the cerebellum, the part of the brain in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the…
- Blood dyscrasia Blood disease
- Cloning vector A DNA molecule originating from a virus, a plasmid (see below) or the cell of a higher organism into which…
- Echolalia The involuntary parrotlike repetition (echoing) of a word or phrase just spoken by another person. Echolalia…
- Crease, single transverse palmar See: Simian crease
- Oneirophrenia An hallucinatory (dream-like) state caused by such conditions as prolonged deprivation of sleep, sensory…
- Extremity The extremities in medical language are not freezing cold or scorching heat but rather the uttermost parts of…
- Calcium A mineral found mainly in the hard part of bones, where it is stored. Calcium is added to bones by cells…
- APL Abbreviation for acute promyelocytic leukemia, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a deficiency…
- Resistance Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus are…
- Cyclooxygenase inhibitor See: Cox-1 inhibitor; Cox-2 inhibitor