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Radical prostatectomy
A surgery procedure that removes the entire prostate gland plus some surrounding tissue. During the procedure the pelvic lymph nodes may also be sampled for a biopsy. The goal is to remove the cancer entirely and prevent its spread to…
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Show more- Medication, anticoagulant A drug that is used as a 'blood-thinner' to prevent the formation of blood clots and to maintain open blood…
- Hormone, parathyrin See Hormone, parathormone
- Disease, Cushing The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing disease (or…
- Lamella A thin leaf, plate, disk, wafer
- Nervous system, autonomic Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic…
- Sagittal sinus A crucial large vein that goes over the top of the skull from front to back and then splits to take blood…
- Blood draw Removal of blood, usually by venipuncture (phlebotomy, venous blood sampling). Blood draw is a popular term…
- Machine, CPM A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is…
- IL-1 Interleukin-1
- Nerve, oculomotor The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. (The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the cranium, the…
- Bergstrom See: Bergström, Sune K.
- Modafinil Modafinil: An oral drug first approved by the FDA in 1998 for the treatment of narcolepsy, a condition in…