General Medical Terms

A measure of the risk of a certain event happening.

Absorption is the movement of digested nutrients, or a medication, from the digestive tract or another site into the bloodstream for use by the body.

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

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with radiation therapy to treat low-risk childhood Hodgkin lymphoma.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with radiation therapy to treat low-risk childhood Hodgkin lymphoma.

A human monoclonal antibody that is being used to treat colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

AC-T is a sequential chemotherapy regimen for breast cancer that pairs two drugs given together followed by a third drug given afterward.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat breast cancer.

A mixture of six herbs that has been used in China to prevent and treat diseases such as lung and esophageal cancers.

Acetate is a chemical compound derived from acetic acid, used in the body's metabolism and in many pharmaceutical and laboratory preparations.

A small molecule made of two carbon, three hydrogen, and one oxygen atoms.

A form of the natural substance carnitine that is being studied as a way to prevent tissue damage caused by chemotherapy.

A chemical reaction in which a small molecule called an acetyl group is added to other molecules.

A lack of hydrochloric acid in the digestive juices in the stomach.

An acid is a compound that releases hydrogen ions in water, ranging from digestive gastric acid to laboratory and industrial chemicals.

In medicine, the state of having the right amount of acid and base in the blood and other body fluids.

In medicine, the state of having the right amount of acid and base in the blood and other body fluids.

The process of making or becoming an acid.

A property rather than a substance, measured on a scale where each single step stands for a tenfold change.

Acitretin is an oral retinoid approved to treat severe psoriasis and also used off label to help reduce new skin cancers in certain transplant recipients.