Medical terms A–Z

Cancer is found in the nasopharynx (the upper part of the throat behind the nose) only.

Cancer that is 2 centimeters or smaller and has not spread outside the oropharynx.

Cancer is found in the pancreas only.

Cancer is found in connective tissue just under the skin of the penis.

Cancer is found in the prostate only.

Stage I is divided into stage IA, stage IB, and stage IS, and is determined after a radical inguinal orchiectomy (surgery to remove the testicle) is done.

Stage I uterine sarcoma is divided into stages IA, IB, and IC based on how far the cancer has spread into the wall of the uterus.

Cancer that is found only in the vagina (birth canal).

Stage I vulvar cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.

The tumor was completely removed by surgery and all of the following are true: (1) cancer was found only in the kidney and did not spread to blood vessels of the kidney; (2) the outer layer of the…

Stage I breast cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.

Stage I gallbladder cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.

Stage I non-small cell lung cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.

Stage I breast cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.

Stage I gallbladder cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.

Stage I non-small cell lung cancer is divided into stages IA and IB.

A hollow tube and a taut membrane, unchanged in principle since its invention, and still the fastest way to hear inside a chest.

The muscle counterpart of a sprain, and a word carrying a completely unrelated second meaning in microbiology.

Damage shows up as lost function rather than pain, and which abilities vanish depends on which patch of brain lost its blood.

Attached at the end, it decides whether a term names a disease, a procedure, a specialist or a plain description.