PARP inhibitor
PARP inhibitors block an enzyme that helps repair DNA damage, a strategy especially effective against cancers already missing a separate repair pathway.
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340 matchespastoral counselor
Two trainings in one person, which separates the role from a hospital chaplain and from a therapist who leaves belief aside.
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A complex of polyethylene glycol conjugated with L-asparaginase.
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Percutaneous describes a procedure or medication that is delivered through the skin rather than by an open surgical incision.
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An allergy tablet kept in use largely for its side effects, from appetite gain to reversing a dangerous serotonin excess.
Read definitionperioperative
A single word covering the whole surgical episode, from the decision to operate through to recovery at home.
Read definitionpharynx
The pharynx is the shared muscular passage behind the nose and mouth through which both air and food travel before separating into distinct pathways.
Read definitionphenol
Phenol is a caustic chemical compound used in industry and, in dilute form, in certain antiseptic and topical medical preparations.
Read definitionphosphate
Phosphate is a phosphorus-containing ion essential to bone, cell membranes, and the energy molecule ATP, with levels regulated mainly by the kidneys and parathyroid hormone.
Read definitionphosphatidylcholine-bound silybin
An oral preparation of the flavonoid silybin with potential antioxidant and chemopreventive activities.
Read definitionphospholipid
A phospholipid is a fat containing phosphorus that forms the structural framework of nearly every cell membrane in the body.
Read definitionphotopheresis
Only the white cell layer is treated, and the cells sent back work by retraining the immune system rather than by being destroyed.
Read definitionphysician assistant
One license covers every specialty, so a physician assistant can move from emergency medicine to dermatology without training again from scratch.
Read definitionPI-88
A mixture of highly sulfated, monophosphorylated mannose oligosaccharides, derived from the extracellular phosphomannan of the yeast Pichia (Hansenula) holstii, with potential antiangiogenic activity.
Read definitionpilocarpine hydrochloride
The hydrochloride salt of a natural alkaloid extracted from plants of the genus Pilocarpus with cholinergic agonist activity.
Read definitionpineal organ
Three names for one structure: the shift from gland to organ signals a different field talking, not a different piece of anatomy.
Read definitionpiritrexim
A synthetic antifolate agent with antiparasitic, antipsoriatic and antitumor properties.
Read definitionplacebo
A placebo is an inactive substance or sham treatment used in research to distinguish a therapy's true effect from expectation and natural change.
Read definitionplasmapheresis
The process of separating certain cells from the plasma in the blood by a machine; only the cells are returned to the person.
Read definitionplatelet
Count and function are separate questions, so a bleeding problem can exist in someone whose platelet number looks entirely normal.
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