Glossary index
Medical terms beginning with J
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14 medical terms in this glossary begin with the letter J, from J-107088 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 J.
J terms
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A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A long, hollow needle with a tapered cutting edge on one end and a handle with a place to attach a syringe on the other end.
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A condition in which the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow, urine darkens, and the color of stool becomes lighter than normal.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of bladder cancer, lung cancer, and other types of cancer.
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An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat childhood ovarian and testicular germ cell cancers that have spread.
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A staging system for prostate cancer that uses ABCD.
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An East Indian plant that is a member of the ginger family and is used as a spice and food color.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of prostate and other types of cancer.
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A rare form of childhood leukemia in which cancer cells often spread into tissues such as the skin, lung, and intestines.
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A tree native to West Africa.
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Several tissues share the work at every joint, so pain can come from bone, cartilage, ligament or lining without the others failing.
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A type of nevus (mole) found at the junction (border) between the epidermis (outer) and the dermis (inner) layers of the skin.
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A rare form of childhood leukemia in which cancer cells often spread into tissues such as the skin, lung, and intestines.
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Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, most often diagnosed in children, forms from star shaped supportive brain cells and typically grows slowly with well defined borders.