endocarditis
Endocarditis is inflammation of the heart's inner lining and valves, most often from bacterial infection reaching the bloodstream and heart tissue.
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427 matchesendometrium
The endometrium is the inner lining of the uterus that thickens and sheds each menstrual cycle and supports a pregnancy if one occurs.
Read definitionendorectal ultrasound
A procedure in which a probe that sends out high-energy sound waves is inserted into the rectum.
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A camera on the end of a steerable tube, and increasingly the instrument that performs the operation rather than merely finding it.
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A procedure in which an endoscope is inserted into the body.
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A procedure in which an endoscope is inserted into the body.
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Counting cases, comparing exposed and unexposed groups, and testing whether an intervention changes the numbers are the core tasks of the discipline.
Read definitionerection
An erection is the firming of erectile tissue as it fills with blood, a physiologic response involving structures in both male and female anatomy.
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A procedure in which a probe that sends out high-energy sound waves is inserted into the rectum.
Read definitionerythrocyte
Stripped of a nucleus and packed with hemoglobin, this cell trades any ability to repair itself for maximum oxygen carrying capacity.
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A loose label stretched across two unrelated drug strategies: occupying the receptor, or shutting off the supply of the hormone upstream.
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A procedure to take a sample of tissue for examination under a microscope.
Read definitionexcisional biopsy
The whole lump comes out, so the pathologist can judge not only what the cells are but where they stop.
Read definitionextract
An extract is a concentrated preparation drawn from a plant, animal, or microorganism, used either as a medication itself or as an ingredient within one.
Read definitionextrahepatic
Extrahepatic describes structures, findings, or disease processes located outside the liver, as distinguished from those confined within the liver itself.
Read definitionfamilial adenomatous polyposis
It runs through families on a single dominant gene, yet a sizeable share of cases begin with a brand new mutation.
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FEC is a chemotherapy combination of three drugs given together for breast cancer, including disease that has spread or returned.
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Fiberoptic describes thin, flexible strands that transmit light and images, a technology behind many internal medical viewing instruments.
Read definitionfibrosarcoma
A diagnosis that has shrunk as laboratory testing improved, since most tumors once given the name proved to be something else.
Read definitionfibrosis
Fibrosis is the buildup of dense scar-like tissue in an organ, which can stiffen it and interfere with its normal function over time.
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