stage C prostate cancer
A prostate cancer stage defined by the Jewett staging system.
Read definitionSearch the glossary
What would you like to understand?
Results for “urin”
492 matchesstage I prostate cancer
Cancer is found in the prostate only.
Read definitiontacrolimus
Tacrolimus suppresses the immune system by blocking a step in T cell activation, and is used mainly to prevent rejection after organ transplantation.
Read definitiontadalafil
Its long duration sets it apart from others in its class, and it is the one also used for urinary symptoms of an enlarged prostate.
Read definitiontamsulosin
Relief arrives in days rather than months, because the drug changes muscle tone instead of shrinking the gland causing the obstruction.
Read definitiontamsulosin hydrochloride
It does not shrink the prostate at all; it slackens the muscle wrapped around the outlet, so any relief arrives within days.
Read definitionterazosin
An alpha blocker that relaxes the muscle collar around the bladder outlet, easing urine flow within days rather than months.
Read definitionterazosin hydrochloride
A drug used to treat urinary problems caused by an enlarged prostate.
Read definitionthalidomide
A sedative withdrawn after causing catastrophic birth defects, later brought back under strict control for myeloma and leprosy reactions.
Read definitiontheophylline
The gap between a helpful amount and a harmful one is narrow, which is why blood levels are checked during treatment.
Read definitionthoracoscope
A rigid lighted telescope passed between two ribs to look directly at the lung surface and its lining.
Read definitionthoracoscopy
Looking inside the chest cavity through a small opening between the ribs, usually to explain fluid that keeps returning.
Read definitionthrombolysis
Thrombolysis uses medication to actively dissolve an existing blood clot, distinct from anticoagulation, which only prevents new clots from forming.
Read definitionthymic carcinoma
A cancer of the gland behind the breastbone that behaves nothing like the far commoner tumor it was once filed under.
Read definitionthymoma
A slow-growing growth in the front of the chest, often discovered because of unrelated muscle weakness.
Read definitiontibia
The tibia is the larger, weight bearing bone of the lower leg, forming the knee joint above and the ankle joint below.
Read definitiontissue plasminogen activator
The body's own clot-dissolving switch, copied in the laboratory to become the drug given to reopen a blocked artery during a stroke.
Read definitionTM
Distinctive less for what happens during practice than for how tightly the method and the teaching of it are standardized.
Read definitiontonsil
Tonsil most often refers to the palatine tonsils, paired lymphoid masses at the back of the mouth that help screen inhaled and swallowed material.
Read definitiontourniquet
A tourniquet is a band applied tightly around a limb to restrict blood flow, used for blood draws, surgery, or emergency bleeding control.
Read definition