Medical terms beginning with M

A system used to deliver internal radiation therapy to breast cancer patients after surgery to remove their cancer.

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that usually occurs in middle-aged or older adults.

The area of the neck, chest, and lymph nodes in the armpit that are exposed to radiation.

A drug used to relieve pain by blocking signals at nerve endings.

The edge or border of the tissue removed in cancer surgery.

An indolent (slow-growing) type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that begins forming in certain areas (the marginal zones) of lymph tissue.

An indolent (slow-growing) type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that begins forming in certain areas (the marginal zones) of lymph tissue.

A substance that blocks the ability of viruses to make new viruses and infect cells.

A diagnostic indication that disease may develop.

A drug put on the skin to treat growths caused by sun exposure.

In medicine, a lump in the body.

A treatment in which the soft tissues of the body are kneaded, rubbed, tapped, and stroked.

A type of white blood cell.

A growth or lump of mast cells (a type of white blood cell).

Surgery to remove the breast (or as much of the breast tissue as possible).

A condition in which breast tissue is inflamed.

A growth or lump of mast cells (a type of white blood cell).

Having to do with the mother, coming from the mother, or related through the mother.

A member of a group of enzymes that can break down proteins, such as collagen, that are normally found in the spaces between cells in tissues (i.e., extracellular matrix proteins).

One of a group of aggressive (fast-growing) non-Hodgkin lymphomas that begin in mature T lymphocytes (T cells that have matured in the thymus gland and gone to other lymphatic sites in the body…