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Fluorouracil
A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name: 5-fluorouracil. Abbreviation: 5-FU. 5-FU is a pyrimidine antagonist. 5-FU is similar in structure to the pyrimidine base thymine and…
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- Lymphoproliferative disorders Malignant diseases of the lymphoid cells and cells from the reticuloendothelial system (which take up and…
- Cardiovascular The circulatory system comprising the heart and blood vessels which carries nutrients and oxygen to the…
- Fracture, open A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. NTER> A fracture…
- Breathing The process of respiration, during which air is inhaled into the lungs through the mouth or nose due to…
- Racemose aneurysm An aneurysm that looks like a bunch of grapes
- Cyst A cyst is an abnormal, closed sac-like structure within a tissue that contains a liquid, gaseous, or…
- Pancreatitis, acute See: Acute pancreatitis
- X inactivation The phenomenon in a female by which one X chromosome (either the maternally or paternally derived X) is…
- EOS The gene for familial eosinophilia. EOS has been mapped to chromosome region 5q31-33 containing the cytokine…
- Kveim test A skin test for detecting sarcoidosis, a disease of unknown origin that causes inflammation of body tissues…
- Vaginal fornix The anterior (front) and posterior (back) recesses into which the upper vagina is divided. These vaultlike…