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Cancer antigen 125
Taking care of cancer. When cancer is suspected, a biopsy is usually performed and the tissue is sent to a pathologist for evaluation. If a cancer diagnosis is made, an oncologist will evaluate the patient to determine the stage of the…
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Show more- Explicit memory Memory in which there is a need for conscious recollection in order to recall something. By contrast, in…
- Aetiology The study of the causes. For example, of a disorder. The word 'aetiology' is mainly used in medicine, where…
- Abuse, child Child abuse is a very complex and dangerous set of problems that include child neglect and the physical…
- Electromyogram, surface Surface EMG
- Cephalgia Headache. (One of those things we all know but that defies an easy definition.) Literally, headache is an…
- Generalized anxiety disorder Abbreviated GAD. A condition characterized by 6 months or more of chronic, exaggerated worry and tension that…
- Glaucoma treatment (medical) Although glaucoma cannot be cured, it can usually be controlled. Medical treatment can be in the form of…
- Vaccination, HIB This immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a bacteria…
- Hydrostatic weighing See: Underwater weighing
- Lungs The lungs are a pair of breathing organs located with the chest which remove carbon dioxide from and bring…
- Shopaholic Someone obsessed with shopping. A compulsive shopper. From shop + -aholic, alteration of -oholic (as in…
- Weighing, hydrostatic See: Underwater weighing