kidney stone
Pain comes from the blocked tube stretching above the stone rather than from the stone scraping its way along.
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492 matchesKlebsiella
A bacterium that frequently causes lung, urinary tract, intestinal, and wound infections.
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A kretek is a clove-flavored cigarette that combines tobacco with ground cloves and other additives during manufacturing.
Read definitionL-arginine
L-arginine is an amino acid the body uses to build protein and to produce nitric oxide, a molecule that widens blood vessels.
Read definitionlaboratory test
A reference range shows what is usual in a healthy population, not what suits one person, so a flagged result is not automatically abnormal.
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Lactic acid is produced naturally in muscle and other tissue during energy metabolism and is also formed by bacteria that ferment food and skin products.
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A laparotomy is an open surgical incision through the abdominal wall, performed to directly examine, diagnose, or treat conditions inside the abdominal cavity.
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Laryngeal structures and conditions involve the larynx, the part of the throat responsible for voice production and protecting the airway during swallowing.
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A laryngectomee is a person who has undergone complete surgical removal of the larynx and now breathes through a neck opening.
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A laryngoscope is a lighted instrument used to view the larynx, most often to guide placement of a breathing tube.
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Laryngoscopy is a procedure to directly view the larynx, either with a hand held mirror or with a lighted instrument called a laryngoscope.
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Known as the voice box, though its first duty is closing the airway, and speech is the ability that was added later.
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Laser therapy applies a focused beam of light to cut, seal, or reshape tissue, with uses spanning surgery, eye care, dermatology, and supportive cancer care.
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A cancer with no lump to find, because the affected cells travel in the bloodstream instead of forming a mass.
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LH is a pituitary hormone that triggers ovulation in females and stimulates testosterone production in males, acting on the ovaries or testes respectively.
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The instrument behind nearly every pathology slide, and one whose limit is set by the wavelength of light itself.
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A machine that drives electrons down a straight tube to near the speed of light and turns them into a treatment beam.
Read definitionlocally recurrent cancer
Cancer that has recurred (come back) at or near the same place as the original (primary) tumor, usually after a period of time during which the cancer could not be detected.
Read definitionlumpectomy
A lumpectomy removes a breast tumor along with a margin of surrounding normal tissue while preserving as much of the breast as possible.
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A test used to measure how well the lungs work.
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