hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is a reactive compound used as a household disinfectant and, in concentrated forms, as an industrial bleaching or oxidizing agent.
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492 matcheshydronephrosis
Swelling of the drainage spaces is a clue rather than a diagnosis, and it can linger after the blockage that produced it has gone.
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Abnormal enlargement of the ureter caused by any blockage that prevents urine from draining into the bladder.
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The most common type of kidney cancer.
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Overactive parathyroid glands pulling calcium out of bone and into the blood, often found on a routine test before symptoms appear.
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Hyperuricemia is an elevated blood level of uric acid that can result from increased production, reduced excretion, or both.
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Responsiveness to suggestion is a fairly stable individual trait, and a minority of people barely respond to hypnotic technique at all.
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A birth defect in which the opening of the urethra (the tube through which urine leaves the body) is not in its normal place.
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A pulse oximeter reports how full the hemoglobin is, not how much oxygen the blood holds, and the two can part company.
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Removing the uterus ends the possibility of pregnancy, but on its own it does not bring on menopause.
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The original brand of terazosin, a tablet built up in stages because its early doses can drop blood pressure abruptly.
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The numbered vocabulary immune cells use to talk to each other, and the target of a fast growing list of modern drugs.
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A procedure that uses a computer to create a picture of a tumor to help guide the radiation beam during radiation therapy.
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Borrowing the immune system's precision to pick one molecule out of blood and measure how much is there.
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Not one condition but many, and which part of the defense is missing predicts which organisms end up causing trouble.
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Immunoglobulins are antibody proteins produced by immune cells to recognize and bind specific foreign targets such as bacteria, viruses, or toxins.
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An incision is a deliberate surgical cut made through skin and underlying tissue to access the area being treated during an operation.
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Inability to control the flow of urine from the bladder (urinary incontinence) or the escape of stool from the rectum (fecal incontinence).
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Calling a condition inflammatory says how the damage is being done, not what set it off, and those two questions stay separate.
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Inhalation is the physical act of drawing air or another substance into the lungs, the route used for gases, aerosols, and certain inhaled medications.
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