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Medical terms beginning with T
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A type of immune cell that can attack foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus.
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A type of immune cell that can attack foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus.
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A type of immune cell that blocks the actions of some other types of lymphocytes, to keep the immune system from becoming over-active.
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A statistical test that is used to find out if there is a real difference between the means (averages) of two different groups.
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A thyroid hormone.
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An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
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An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
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Treatment to destroy T cells, which play an important role in the immune response.
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A type of leukemia in which large T lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood.
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A disease in which certain cells of the lymph system (called T lymphocytes) become cancer.
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A type of leukemia in which large T lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood.
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A type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the lymph nodes and spleen.
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A type of immune cell that blocks the actions of some other types of lymphocytes, to keep the immune system from becoming over-active.
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An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors.
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A lotion being studied in the treatment of skin cancer and a skin condition called xeroderma pigmentosum.
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat breast cancer.
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An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat breast cancer.
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A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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Tachycardia
/ tak-ih-KAR-dee-uh /A heart rate that is faster than the expected range.