Medical terms beginning with K

A substance that is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A type of enzyme that causes other molecules in the cell to become active.

A substance that causes blood stem cells (cells from which other types of cells develop) to change into different types of blood cells and increases the number and actions of these cells in the blood.

Cancer that develops in cells that line the bile ducts in the liver, where the right and left ducts meet.

A bacterium that frequently causes lung, urinary tract, intestinal, and wound infections.

A substance taken from a marine organism that may be linked to a specific antigen to boost the immune response to that antigen.

A genetic disorder in males caused by having one or more extra X chromosomes.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

An inherited disorder in which there is a lower-than-normal number of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting infections).

An inherited disorder in which there is a lower-than-normal number of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting infections).

An inherited disorder in which there is a lower-than-normal number of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting infections).

A gene that may cause cancer when it is mutated (changed).

A cigarette made of a mixture of tobacco and clove.

A drug being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A tumor in the ovary caused by the spread of stomach cancer.

A type of herpesvirus that may cause Kaposi sarcoma (a rare cancer that can cause skin lesions) and a type of lymphoma (cancer that begins in the lymph system), especially in patients who have a…

A semisynthetic anticancer drug that is a type of antitumor antibiotic.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.