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Radical neck dissection
A surgical procedure involving the removal of a tumor from the neck with an additional margin of normal tissue of at least 2 cm together with the removal of the lymph nodes from the neck. A radical dissection is the removal of not only…
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Show more- Hypervolemic Pertaining to hypervolemia, an abnormal increase in blood volume. For example, hypervolemic hyponatremia…
- Curable Amenable to a cure, capable of being cured, to being healed and made well. Most skin cancers, fortunately…
- Germ cell tumor A tumor that arise from a germ cell. These tumors may arise within the gonads -- the ovary and testis. Most…
- Arthr- See: Arthro-
- Enkephalinase See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) A life-threatening disease involving embolism and thrombosis (plugging) of the small blood vessels in the…
- Leaded 1. Framed, covered, or weighted with lead. As a leaded window. 2. Added in the form of tetraethyl lead as an…
- Mycobacterium leprae The bacillus responsible for leprosy (Hansen disease). Mycobacterium leprae is an obligate parasite that has…
- Corpus amygdaloideum See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- PIGF Placental growth factor
- Randomized controlled trial (RCT) A study in which people are allocated at random (by chance alone) to receive one of several clinical…
- Nails, white spots on the Very small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots may be found on the fingernails and…