Medical terms A–Z

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites.

A drug used to treat certain types of abnormal heart rhythms that have not gotten better with other drugs.

A drug that is used to treat depression and may be given to treat anxiety, sleep disorders, and pain.

A drug that is used to treat depression and may be given to treat anxiety, sleep disorders, and pain.

An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A drug used in the treatment of infections caused by fungi.

A sac-like enlargement of a canal or duct.

An enlargement of the ducts from the liver and pancreas at the point where they enter the small intestine.

Cancer that forms in the ampulla of Vater (an enlargement of the ducts from the liver and pancreas where they join and enter the small intestine).

Cancer that forms in the ampulla of Vater (an enlargement of the ducts from the liver and pancreas where they join and enter the small intestine).

Surgery to remove part or all of a limb or appendage.

A substance being studied in the treatment of lung cancer.

A substance found in the pits of many fruits such as apricots and papayas, and in other foods.

An enzyme that helps the body digest starches.

A group of diseases in which protein builds up in certain organs (localized amyloidosis) or throughout the body (systemic amyloidosis).

A type of steroid that is used in medicine to repair body tissues and to increase appetite and the growth of muscles.

A drug that is used to decrease the number of platelets in the blood in order to prevent blood clotting.

Having to do with the anus.

Cancer that forms in tissues of the anus.