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Radiation therapy, targeted
A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor as accurately as possible and give it the highest possible dose of radiation while sparing normal tissue as much as possible. It is…
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- Spider veins A group of widened veins that can be seen through the surface of the skin. Their wheel-and- spoke shape…
- Urban typhus of Malaya Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder…
- Cohort In a clinical study, a well-defined group of subjects or patients who have had a common experience or…
- Directives, advance medical These documents pertain to treatment preferences and the designation of a surrogate decision-maker in the…
- Speed Common street name for a stimulant drug, especially for an amphetamine. Amphetamines have been used to treat…
- Keratolytic Pertaining to keratolysis, the softening and shedding of the horny outer layer of the skin. A keratolytic…
- Parathyroidectomy Parathyroidectomy: Surgical removal of one or more of the parathyroid glands. Parathyroidectomy is usually…
- Syndrome, Werner A premature aging disease that begins in adolescence or early in adulthood and results in apparent old age by…
- Canine genome See: Dog genome
- Ascariasis Infection with Ascaris lubricoides, the intestinal roundworm, the most common worm infection in humans…