abdominal ultrasound
An abdominal ultrasound uses sound waves to create real time images of organs inside the abdomen for evaluation of pain or suspected disease.
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427 matchesAbraxane
Abraxane is a brand name chemotherapy drug that delivers paclitaxel bound to albumin nanoparticles to treat several types of cancer.
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AC-T is a sequential chemotherapy regimen for breast cancer that pairs two drugs given together followed by a third drug given afterward.
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Adenopathy refers to enlarged lymph nodes, a finding that can result from infection, inflammation, or, less often, a malignant process.
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Adjustment disorder involves emotional or behavioral symptoms that develop in response to an identifiable stressor and exceed an expected reaction.
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Two familiar painkillers are not interchangeable, since only one of them settles swelling and only one of them troubles the stomach.
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AFP is the abbreviation for alpha-fetoprotein, a substance produced by a fetus and used as both a prenatal screening marker and a tumor marker.
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A type of lymphoma that grows and spreads quickly and has severe symptoms.
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Alanine transferase is a liver enzyme, commonly abbreviated ALT, whose elevated blood level often signals injury to liver cells.
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A drug used to treat some types of cancer.
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The shorter name for a rare inherited triad, still turning up in older records long after the fuller version became standard.
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An alkali is a water soluble base capable of neutralizing acids, relevant in medicine to blood chemistry, chemical burns, and body pH balance.
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Allopathic medicine is the conventional biomedical system built on drugs, surgery, and other interventions supported by scientific research, in contrast with alternative approaches.
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Alpha-fetoprotein is a protein made by a developing fetus, used both in prenatal screening and as a marker for certain cancers in adults.
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The alveoli present an enormous surface area within the lungs, a feature essential to allowing efficient gas exchange with each breath.
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Amanita phalloides is a highly toxic fungus responsible for most fatal mushroom poisonings, with symptoms that can appear deceptively delayed after ingestion.
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AML is a fast progressing blood cancer in which immature white blood cells accumulate in the bone marrow, crowding out normal blood cell production.
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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An ampulla is a localized, sac-like widening found along certain ducts or canals in the body, forming a distinct anatomical landmark.
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A drug that starves growth by cutting the signal for new plumbing, given to far more people for eye disease than for cancer.
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