Medical terms beginning with E

A procedure in which tissue is heated to destroy abnormal cells.

The recording is often obtained under specific conditions, such as during sleep or with flashing lights, to help capture patterns not seen at rest.

A procedure to destroy tissue (such as a tumor) using an electric current.

A battery-operated device that makes a humming sound.

Where each ion sits matters more than how much exists, since the gradient across a cell membrane does the work.

The invisible region of electric and magnetic force around anything carrying current, from a power line to a phone.

Energy traveling as waves of electric and magnetic field, from radio at one end of the range to gamma rays at the other.

A stream of electrons (small negatively charged particles found in atoms) that can be used for radiation therapy.

An electron microscope uses a focused beam of electrons instead of light to produce highly magnified images of extremely small structures.

Electrophoresis separates charged molecules such as proteins or DNA using an electric current, a technique behind tests like serum protein and hemoglobin analysis.

Treatment that generates electrical pulses through an electrode placed in a tumor to enhance the ability of anticancer drugs to enter tumor cells.

The name survives from an era the procedure no longer resembles, since it is now given under anesthesia with no visible convulsion at all.

Four elements account for most of body weight, while others matter in amounts so small that a shortfall still causes recognizable disease.

A gel injection that shuts down testosterone production for months at a time, after first pushing the level higher.

In clinical trials, requirements that must be met for an individual to be included in a study.

ELISA is a laboratory test that uses enzyme-linked antibodies to detect and measure a specific substance within a fluid such as blood serum.

Eltrombopag is a medication that stimulates platelet production in the bone marrow to treat certain chronic low platelet conditions.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

An embalmer is a trained professional who chemically preserves and prepares a deceased body, most often for viewing and burial.

An embolism is a sudden blockage of a blood vessel by material that traveled there from elsewhere in the bloodstream.