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Palliative treatment
To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. Also sometimes called symptomatic treatment. To take a case, a 91-year-old man was found to have a tumor in…
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Show more- Therapy, antiretroviral (ART) Treatment that suppresses or stops a retrovirus. One of the retrovirus is the human immunodeficiency virus…
- Reverse genetics In classic genetics, the traditional approach was to find a gene product and then try to identify the gene…
- Aase-Smith syndrome I A syndrome of congenital malformations (birth defects) characterized by hydrocephalus, cleft palate, and…
- Cerebrovascular Pertaining to the blood vessels and, especially, the arteries that supply the brain. As in cerebrovascular…
- Bilharziasis A parasite infection by a trematode worm acquired from infested water. Also known as schistosomiasis. Species…
- Count, absolute CD4 See: Absolute CD4 count
- Leukemia, hairy-cell See: Hairy cell leukemia
- Passive-aggressive personality disorder A personality disorder characterized by passive-aggressive behavior. Passive-aggressive personality disorder…
- Dysuria Painful or difficult urination. This includes burning on urination. Dysuria is most commonly due to bacterial…
- Muscle biopsy A minor surgical procedure done under local anesthetic using a needle or a small incision to remove a small…
- Shoulder joint The flexible ball-and-socket joint formed by the junction of the humerus and the scapula. This joint is…
- Ubidecarenone See: Coenzyme Q10