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Chemotherapy
L ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Chemotherapy Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Chemotherapy Chemotherapy: 1. In the original sense, a…
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Show more- Partial laryngectomy A surgical procedure on the voice box designed to preserve the voice. The surgeon removes part of the voice…
- Keratolytic Pertaining to keratolysis, the softening and shedding of the horny outer layer of the skin. A keratolytic…
- Inferolateral Below and to one side. Both inferior and lateral. In anatomy, there are many such compound terms. For a more…
- Injury, mental child Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after…
- Immune response Any reaction by the immune system.
- Lizard bite Only two types of lizards are poisonous: the Gila monster that lives in Arizona and Mexico and the beaded…
- XYY An extra Y chromosome in a male. See: XYY syndrome
- Dissect To cut apart or separate tissue as, for example, for anatomical study or in surgery. Also, an artery is said…
- Infection, hospital-acquired An infection caught while hospitalized. The medical term for a hospital-acquired infection is 'nosocomial.'…
- Occlude 1 To close, obstruct, or prevent the passage. To occlude an artery is to occlude the flow of blood. 2 To…
- Diabetic spinal cord disease Involvement of the spinal cord in diabetes. Most of the neurologic attention in diabetes mellitus has focused…
- Medicine, forensic See: Forensic medicine