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Marker, tumor
Tumor markers are substances that can be detected in higher-than-normal amounts in the blood, urine, or body tissues of some patients with certain types of cancer. A tumor marker may be made by a tumor itself or by the body in response to…
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Show more- Multiple subpial transection A multiple subpial transect(MST) is a procedure is used to help control seizures that begin in areas of the…
- Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) The chromosome abnormality that causes chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Abbreviated as the Ph chromosome. The…
- FMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging
- Mucormycosis Also known as zygomycosis, mucormycosis is a fungal infection (most commonly of the sinuses, brain, or lungs)…
- Infection, Vincent This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Atopy The genetic tendency to develop the classic allergic diseases -- atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis (hay…
- Stein-Leventhal syndrome A hormonal problem that causes women to have various symptoms, including irregular or no menstruation, acne…
- Antibody cross reactivity The ability of an antibody to react with similar antigenic sites on different proteins
- Artery, femoral See: Femoral artery
- Corn A small calloused area of skin caused by local pressure irritating tissue over a bony prominence. Corns most…
- Lacrimal Pertaining to tears, as in lacrimal gland (tear gland). From the Indo-European dakru meaning a tear (from a…
- Cancer, non-small cell lung Cancer of the lung which is not of the small cell carcinoma (oat cell carcinoma) type. The term 'non-small…