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Systemic therapy
Treatment that reaches cells throughout the body by traveling through the bloodstream
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- Adrenal medulla The inner portion of adrenal gland. (The outer portion is the adrenal cortex). The adrenal medulla makes…
- HAVS Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- Cranial nerve VIII The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Syndrome, Reye A sudden, sometimes fatal, disease of the brain (encephalopathy) with degeneration of the liver, occurs in…
- Dysphonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia.
- Angiotensin converting enzyme Usually abbreviated ACE
- Pregnancy, ectopic A pregnancy that is not in the usual place and is located outside the inner lining of the uterus. A…
- Jail fever See: Typhus, epidemic
- Post-traumatic stress Stress: An anxiety disorder that develops in some individuals who have had major traumatic experiences. The…
- Tocophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of childbirth. A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can cause avoidance and…
- Frontal bone The large bone that makes up the forehead and supplies the upper edge and roof of the orbit (eye socket). The…