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Chemotherapy, topical
Chemotherapy, topical: Treatment with an anticancer drug in a lotion, ointment or cream that is applied to the skin
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- Enterostomy A surgical operation that opens the small intestine and brings it through the abdominal wall to create a new…
- Pediatric Pertaining to children
- Rheumatic heart disease Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating…
- Cockles of the heart The ventricles of the heart. If a cup of tea or coffee warms the cockles of your heart, it gives you a…
- Diseases, rickettsial The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus…
- Vitamin therapy The use of vitamins to prevent or cure disease. Many physicians are now recognizing the beneficial uses of…
- Vaccination, DTaP Like DPT, DTaP protects from diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. DTaP is the same as DTP…
- DOTS Stands for Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. DOTS is a strategy used to reduce the number of…
- Teleology The study of the ultimate purpose of the design of something in nature. For example, 'what is the true…