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Anthracycline
A member of a family of chemotherapy drugs that are also antibiotics. The anthracyclines act to prevent cell division by disrupting the structure of the DNA and terminate its function. They do so in two ways: (1) they intercalate into the…
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- Ectoparasitosis Infestation with an ectoparasite, a parasite that lives on or in the skin. The four major ectoparasitoses are…
- Plasma cell A type of white blood cell that produces and secretes antibodies. A plasma cell is a fully differentiated…
- Medicins Sans Frontieres A group which sends physicians and other health workers to some of the most destitute and dangerous parts of…
- Coronavirus An agent that inhibits the action of the enzyme cox-1 (cyclooxygenase-1). The common anti-inflammatory drugs…
- Primitive neuroectodermal tumor One of a remarkable group of tumors that originate in cells from the primitive neural crest and share the…
- Selenium poisoning Poisoning from selenium, a naturally occurring substance that is toxic at high concentrations but is also a…
- Cluster In epidemiology, an aggregation of cases of a disease or another health-related condition, such as a cancer…
- Syndrome, Lennox See: Lennox syndrome
- Node, sinus The sinus node is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…
- Testosterone A 'male hormone' -- a sex hormone produced by the testes that encourages the development of male sexual…
- Anus The opening of the rectum to the outside of the body. The word 'anus' comes straight from the Latin. It…