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Psycho-oncology
The psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. Psycho-oncology addresses the two major psychological dimensions of cancer: (1) the psychological responses of patients to cancer at all stages of the disease, and that…
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Show more- Adenoids and Tonsils Adenoids and Tonsils: These celebrated structures (adenoids and tonsils) in the back of the throat are…
- Physiologic Something that is normal, neither due to anything pathologic nor significant in terms of causing illness
- Osteonecrosis Bone death resulting from poor blood supply to an area of bone. Also known as aseptic necrosis or avascular…
- Mitral regurgitation Backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium of the heart due to mitral insufficiency from…
- Distal The more (or most) distant of two (or more) things. For example, the distal end of the femur (the thigh bone)…
- Meiotic Pertaining to meiosis (the process of germ cell formation).
- Conjunctivitis, allergic Inflammation of the whites of the eyes (the conjunctivae) with itching and redness of the eyes and tearing…
- TIA See Transient ischemic attack
- Nephrolithotripsy, percutaneous (PNL) A technique for removing large and/or dense stones and staghorn stones. PNL is done via a port created by…
- Echopraxia The involuntary imitation of the movements of another person. Echopraxia is a feature of schizophrenia…
- AVN Avascular necrosis
- Syndrome, ichthyosis-keratitis-deafness See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome