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Aggressive lymphoma
A lymphoma that tends to grow and spread quickly and cause severe symptoms. In contrast to an indolent or low-grade lymphoma which tends to grow quite slowly and cause fewer symptoms. Aggressive lymphoma are also known as intermediate or…
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Show more- Abductor muscle Any muscle used to pull a body part away from the midline of the body. For example, the abductor muscles of…
- Mastectomy A general term for removal of the breast, usually to remove cancerous tissue. The operation can be done in a…
- Drug, ACE-inhibitor A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin…
- Pneumonectomy An operation to remove an entire lung or part of a lung
- Dorsum The back or posterior side of a structure. 'Dorsum' is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to…
- IDET Intradiskal electrothermal therapy, a procedure designed to relieve back pain due to damage to the disks…
- Disto- Distal
- Septicemia Systemic (bodywide) illness with toxicity due to invasion of the bloodstream by virulent bacteria coming from…
- Cancer, testicles Cancer of the male sex organ (testicle) that normally produces the hormone testosterone. One of the most…
- Wolfram syndrome A genetic neurodegenerative disease that leads to many different abnormalities including diabetes insipidus…
- Central auditory processing disorder A condition in which there is an inability to differentiate, recognize or understand sounds while both the…
- Serratus posterior superior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior superior originates from the…