Glossary index
Medical terms beginning with A
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511 medical terms in this glossary begin with the letter A, from axillary onward. Every entry gives a plain-language definition, and most add a pronunciation, the word parts it is built from, and related terms.
This is also the place to look for medical words, health words, anatomy terms and disease names starting with A.
A terms
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Belonging to the armpit, a small hollow crowded with the nerves, vessels and lymph nodes that serve the entire arm.
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Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region.
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Axillary lymph nodes filter lymph draining from the arm, chest wall, and breast, and are checked in infection, injury, and cancer staging.
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Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of certain multiple myelomas and other advanced cancers.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers caused by mutations (changes) in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.
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A substance that is used in cancer research to cause colon tumors in laboratory animals.
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An anticancer drug that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier and kill cancer cells in the central nervous system.
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The first drug ever licensed against HIV, still in use but now only as one part of a combination.