Glossary index
Medical terms beginning with L
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L terms
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A procedure that may be used to deliver anticancer drugs directly to an arm or leg.
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A network of structures in the brain involved in memory and emotions.
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Cancer is found in one lung, the tissues between the lungs, and nearby lymph nodes only.
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A machine that uses electricity to form a stream of fast-moving subatomic particles.
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A machine that uses electricity to form a stream of fast-moving subatomic particles.
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The seed of the flax plant.
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Lipid
/ LIH-pid /A lipid is one of a broad group of water-insoluble or poorly water-soluble molecules that includes fats, phospholipids, and sterols.
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A benign (not cancer) tumor made of fat cells.
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Able to dissolve, be dissolved in, or absorb lipids (fats).
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A rare cancer of the fat cells.
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A drug preparation that contains the active drug inside very tiny, fat-like particles.
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A form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles.
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A form of the anticancer drug paclitaxel that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles.
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A form of the anticancer drug irinotecan that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles.
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A very tiny, fat-like particle that is made in the laboratory.
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A form of the anticancer drug paclitaxel that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles.
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A type of Pap test.
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A drug that may protect healthy cells from chemotherapy and radiation without inhibiting the effects of these therapies on tumor cells.
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A measure of volume for a liquid, using the metric system.
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A soft metal.