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Cancer Institute, National
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. The mission of the NCI is to 'lead a national effort to reduce the burden of cancer morbidity and mortality and ultimately to prevent the…
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Show more- Caudad An anatomic term meaning 1. Pertaining to the tail or the hind part. 2. Situated in or directed toward the…
- Oat cell cancer A type of lung cancer in which the cells are small, round and resemble oats. Also called small cell lung…
- Yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan An anticancer drug that is a combination of the radioisotope yttrium-90 and a monoclonal antibody, a produced…
- Barber itch A superficial fungal infection of the skin in the bearded area of the face and neck, with swellings and…
- Alveolar hydatid disease >By directly ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes or coyotes. This might include grass, herbs…
- Fluorosis A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…
- Shin 1. The tibia, the larger of the two bones in the lower leg.2. The anterior aspect (front) of the tibia
- Grief therapy >Develop the ability to experience, express, and adjust to painful grief-related changes. >Find effective…
- Morbus gallicus The French disease. Syphilis. The name 'syphilis' was coined by Hieronymus Fracastorius (Girolamo…
- Body surface area BSA. The total suface area of the human body. The BSA is used in many measurements in medicine, including the…
- Bioinformatics The sum of the computational approaches to analyze, manage, and store biological data. Bioinformatics…
- Memory, working Short-term (recent) memory. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information…