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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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- DSM Abbreviation for the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,' a comprehensive classification…
- Leukemia, chronic phase of Leukemia, chronic phase of: A stage in which there are few blast cells in the blood or bone marrow, and few…
- Traditional midwife A direct-entry midwife practicing within the confines of traditional folk medicine. Traditional midwives are…
- Fiber and bowel disorders High fiber diets help delay the progression of diverticulosis and, at least, reduce the bouts of…
- Prostheses More than one prosthesis. See: Prosthesis
- Pulmonary embolus A blood clot that has passed into and occluded the lung's pulmonary artery. An embolus causes an embolism. In…
- Psychodynamic drug See: Psychotropic drug
- Saline Relating to salt. As an adjective, 'saline' means 'salty, containing salt.' As a noun 'saline' is a salt…
- PTC (percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography) See: Cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic
- Fanconi pancytopenia See Fanconi anemia
- Colorectal cancer risk See: Colon cancer family history