stethoscope
A hollow tube and a taut membrane, unchanged in principle since its invention, and still the fastest way to hear inside a chest.
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206 matchestethered capsule endoscope
A device used to look at tissues in the esophagus.
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A rigid lighted telescope passed between two ribs to look directly at the lung surface and its lining.
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A device used to look at tissues in the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
Read definition-malacia
Tissue gone soft where it should be firm, a change visible on scans and under the microscope alike.
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Reference ranges are constructed to exclude a slice of healthy people, so ordering enough tests makes an abnormal result close to inevitable.
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The title carries no single meaning worldwide, since what an acupuncturist may train in, assess or treat is decided locally.
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The name describes what the tumor is made of rather than where it grew, which is why it appears in reports from so many organs.
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Though benign, some adenomas are still removed or monitored closely, since a subset carries a meaningful risk of transforming into cancer over time.
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An overgrowth of glandular tissue that is harmless in itself but can imitate cancer closely enough to require a biopsy.
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Graduate level training beyond standard nursing preparation qualifies this clinician to diagnose conditions and manage treatment within a defined, state regulated scope of practice.
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The reactive group that pickles tissue for the microscope, sterilizes instruments, and forms as the toxic middle step of alcohol breakdown.
Read definitionalveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is a muscle related soft tissue cancer that tends to affect older children and adolescents and behaves more aggressively than the embryonal subtype.
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A procedure in which cells are scraped from the lining of the anus (the opening of the rectum to the outside of the body) and looked at under a microscope.
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A procedure in which cells are scraped from the lining of the anus (the opening of the rectum to the outside of the body) and looked at under a microscope.
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A pathologist's word for tumor cells so poorly formed that the tissue they grew out of can no longer be recognized.
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Angiosarcoma is a rare cancer arising from cells lining blood or lymph vessels, sometimes linked to chronic lymphedema or specific chemical exposures.
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The name points at a microscope pattern, not at the lungs: cell clusters walled off by fibrous bands.
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An aromatherapist is a trained practitioner who selects and applies essential oils to support relaxation and well being, usually alongside conventional care.
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A pathologist's word for cells that look wrong under the microscope without looking wrong enough to be cancer.
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