Medical terms beginning with E

The medical name for a nosebleed, and one of the few bleeding sites where the exact spot decides how easily it stops.

The most common receptor result in breast cancer, and the one that opens the door to hormone-blocking treatment taken over years.

A negative result narrows the options rather than worsening them outright, and it is the first of the three markers behind the triple-negative label.

A substance that is being studied as a treatment for cancer.

The protein found on the surface of some cells and to which epidermal growth factor binds, causing the cells to divide.

Often the first visible sign of narrowed arteries elsewhere, which is why it is treated as a cardiovascular finding and not only a sexual one.

An erection is the firming of erectile tissue as it fills with blood, a physiologic response involving structures in both male and female anatomy.

Vitamin D2, produced by shining ultraviolet light on yeast or mushrooms, and the one form of vitamin D the body cannot make.

A daily tablet that switches off a growth signal on the cancer cell surface, working best where one specific mutation is present.

ERMS is an abbreviation for embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common soft tissue cancer diagnosed in infants and young children.

ERT supplies estrogen to postmenopausal women or those without ovaries, and is distinguished from combined regimens that also include progesterone.

A procedure in which a probe that sends out high-energy sound waves is inserted into the rectum.

Pressing on the area is the quickest test, since redness from widened vessels fades under a finger and bleeding into skin does not.

Stripped of a nucleus and packed with hemoglobin, this cell trades any ability to repair itself for maximum oxygen carrying capacity.

A condition in which immature red blood cells (erythroid cells) in the bone marrow are abnormal in size, shape, organization, and/or number.

A condition in which immature red blood cells (erythroid cells) in the bone marrow are abnormal in size, shape, organization, and/or number.

Cancer of the blood-forming tissues in which large numbers of immature, abnormal red blood cells are found in the blood and bone marrow.

An abnormal patch of red and white tissue that forms on mucous membranes in the mouth and may become cancer.

An abnormal patch of red tissue that forms on mucous membranes in the mouth and may become cancer.

The kidney doubles as an oxygen meter, releasing this hormone whenever the blood passing through it carries less oxygen than it should.