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Chemoembolization
Chemoembolization is a procedure in which the blood supply to a tumor is blocked and anticancer drugs are administered directly into the tumor, permitting a much higher concentration of drugs to be in contact with the tumor for a longer…
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- Vaccine, rubella A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…
- Migraine without aura See: Common migraine
- Felty syndrome A complication of long-standing rheumatoid arthritis characterized by the presence of 3 conditions --…
- Pulmonology The study and science of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs. See also: Pulmonary medicine
- Nipple confusion A problem that may beset a bottlefed baby in which it forgets how to nurse on mother's nipple. Breastfeeding…
- Sandhoff disease A genetic disorder with symptoms that are very similar to those of Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) and that is…
- Lymphoma, high-grade High-grade lymphoma
- Blastocystis hominis The parasitic organism that causes blastocystosis. See Blastocystosis
- Laryngeal nerve palsy Paralysis of the larynx (voice box) caused by damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve or its parent nerve…
- Granulomatous colitis Crohn's disease of the colon (the large intestine). Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder…
- Mutagen Something capable of causing a gene-change. Among the known mutagens are radiation, certain chemicals and…