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Liver cancer, adult primary
A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called hepatocellular carcinoma. Primary liver cancer is different from cancer that has metastasized (spread) from another place in the body to the liver. The…
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- Hepatology The field of liver disease. The liver is the body's largest organ and hepatology is a large field. It…
- Glandular fever Glandular fever is infectious mononucleosis. 'Mono' and 'kissing disease' are popular terms for this very…
- Bronchopulmonary segments A subdivision of one lobe of a lung based on the connection to the segmental bronchus. For example, the right…
- Multiple symmetric lipomatosis A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Botulism Botulism: An uncommon but potentially very serious illness, a type of food poisoning, that produces paralysis…
- Aneurysm, aortic See: Aortic aneurysm
- Remission Disappearance of the signs and symptoms of cancer or other disease. When this happens, the disease is said to…
- Adenoids Masses of lymphoid tissue in the upper part of throat behind the nose.
- Xero- Fix): Dry. From the Greek 'xeros' meaning 'dry.' Examples of words containing 'xero-' -- xeroderma is dry…
- Tetanus Tetanus: An often fatal infectious disease caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani (C. tetani) which…
- Fruitfly genome See: Drosophila genome