sphenoid sinus
Its position deep within the skull places the sphenoid sinus in close proximity to structures such as the pituitary gland and nearby nerves.
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340 matchesspindle cell sarcoma
A description of shape rather than a single disease, since many unrelated cancers look this way and shape alone cannot separate them.
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Three letters for an antimony compound whose established job is a parasitic infection, not the cancer research the abbreviation is usually filed under.
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The word selective refers to serotonin alone, which is what separates this class from antidepressants acting on several messengers at once.
Read definitionstage I malignant mesothelioma
Cancer is found in the lining of the chest wall and may also be found in the lining of the lung, the lining of the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs and heart that separates the chest from…
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An Australian shrub with no relation to tea, whose oil is applied to skin and poisons children who swallow it.
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The word is loose in everyday speech, and several roles it gets applied to carry a formal title of technologist, reflecting longer training.
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Tendons are tough fibrous cords that transmit a muscle's pulling force to bone, distinct from ligaments that connect bone to bone.
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Sperm production needs a temperature the abdomen cannot provide, which is why these glands hang outside the body in a thin skinned pouch.
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An old alkylating drug that persists in use because it crosses into the brain and can be instilled into the bladder.
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A thrombus is a blood clot that forms inside a blood vessel or the heart and can partly or completely obstruct normal blood flow.
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The tibia is the larger, weight bearing bone of the lower leg, forming the knee joint above and the ankle joint below.
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Tinidazole is an antiprotozoal drug for infections such as giardiasis and trichomoniasis, with an investigational role in certain stomach infections still being studied.
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Tonga is an alternate name for kava, a South Pacific plant whose root preparation is used traditionally for its calming and sedative effects.
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The commonest misunderstanding in gynecology: total means the cervix as well, not the ovaries as well.
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TPO most often names thrombopoietin, the hormone driving platelet production, though the same abbreviation also names an unrelated thyroid enzyme.
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Rarely whole blood any more: a donation is split into parts so each patient receives only the component that is missing.
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A rehearsal for an infection the body has never met, arranged so that the real encounter is answered from memory.
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A rare, inherited disorder that affects the endocrine glands and can cause tumors in the parathyroid and pituitary glands and the pancreas.
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Yin and yang describe paired opposing forces in traditional Chinese thought, a framework still used to describe balance and imbalance in traditional Chinese medicine.
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