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Drugs, anti-angiogenesis
These drugs, which include angiostatin and Endostatin, halt the process of developing new blood vessels (angiogenesis). Angiostatin is a piece of a larger and very common protein, plasminogen, that the body uses in blood clotting…
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- Tetrahydrogestrinone A 'designer steroid' with anabolic properties. Known as THG
- Lymphoma, high-grade High-grade lymphoma
- Tilt-table test Tilt-table test: Tilt-table testing involves placing the patient on a table with a foot-support. The table is…
- Cystic periventricular leukomalacia Softening of the white matter near the ventricles of the brain resulting in abnormal cysts. Cystic…
- Cannula Simply a slender tube that can be inserted into a body cavity or duct. During the insertion of the cannula…
- Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) A dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an unconventional (not a bacteria or virus)…
- Plague, sylvatic Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the…
- Geiger counter The most commonly used portable radiation detection and measuring instrument, consisting of a gas-filled tube…
- Cardiac ventricle One of the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives blood from the…
- Hypertrophy Enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part of the body due to the increased size of the constituent cells…
- Nerve conduction study See: Nerve conduction velocity test