encapsulated
Encapsulated describes an abnormal growth or collection that is contained within a thin surrounding layer of tissue rather than spreading into nearby structures.
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340 matchesendocrine
Signals released straight into the bloodstream reach every tissue, so a gland the size of a pea can change what the whole body does.
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Ductless glands drop their messengers straight into the blood, so a signal made in one place acts on organs far away.
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Hormones travel everywhere, so this specialty is defined by the messenger rather than by a single organ or region of the body.
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The endometrium is the inner lining of the uterus that thickens and sheds each menstrual cycle and supports a pregnancy if one occurs.
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Its weapons cut both ways: the granule proteins that damage parasites also injure airway and skin tissue in allergic disease.
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A number on a blood report rather than something a person feels, and its size shapes how far the search for a cause goes.
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The hard cases are hard because two sound principles point in opposite directions, not because anyone has done something wrong.
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A type of paranasal sinus (a hollow space in the bones around the nose).
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Diagnosis names what a condition is; etiology names what produced it, and the two answers can be separated by decades of research.
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Intention is what the definitions turn on, which is why several superficially similar practices near the end of life are classified separately.
Read definitionEwing sarcoma
Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive childhood and adolescent cancer of bone or soft tissue, marked by a characteristic chromosomal translocation involving the EWSR1 gene.
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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.
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A drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
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Fertility is the biological capacity to conceive, shaped by hormonal balance, reproductive organ function, and the quality of eggs or sperm.
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Fibrous tissue is made up of dense strands of connective fiber, giving it strength and structure but comparatively little flexibility.
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A rare inherited condition in which one or more tumors form in the parathyroid glands (four pea-sized organs found on the thyroid) and cause them to make too much parathyroid hormone.
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Its real value is that it forces every branch to be stated, including the choices a written paragraph can leave comfortably vague.
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A three-drug infusion schedule for advanced bowel cancer, its name assembled from the folinic acid and irinotecan it contains.
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A follicle is a small, sac like cluster of cells, describing both egg containing structures in the ovary and hair bearing structures in the skin.
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