General Medical Terms

Extraocular describes structures or movements located outside the eyeball itself, such as the muscles that direct eye movement.

Extraosseous findings or tissue occur outside the bone itself, a distinction that matters when a tumor or process could otherwise arise within it.

A radiolabeled substance being studied as an imaging agent in breast cancer.

A slender tube through which eggs pass from an ovary to the uterus.

A rare inherited condition in which one or more tumors form in the parathyroid glands (four pea-sized organs found on the thyroid) and cause them to make too much parathyroid hormone.

A record of the relationships among family members along with their medical histories.

A type of radiation therapy that uses tiny particles called neutrons made by a machine called a cyclotron.

A term used in mammography that refers to the replacement of breast tissue with fatty tissue.

FEC is a chemotherapy combination of three drugs given together for breast cancer, including disease that has spread or returned.

Inability to hold stool in the rectum.

A powdered form of fenretinide that is being studied in the treatment of neuroblastoma.

Fertility is the biological capacity to conceive, shaped by hormonal balance, reproductive organ function, and the quality of eggs or sperm.

A fetus is the developing human organism from the end of the embryonic period until birth, distinct from the earlier embryo stage.

Fiberoptic describes thin, flexible strands that transmit light and images, a technology behind many internal medical viewing instruments.

A fibroadenoma is a common, benign breast tumor made of fibrous and glandular tissue, most frequent in younger women.

A benign smooth-muscle tumor, usually in the uterus or gastrointestinal tract.

Fibrous tissue is made up of dense strands of connective fiber, giving it strength and structure but comparatively little flexibility.

The main sensory nerve of the head and face, and the motor nerve of the muscles used in chewing.

A rare inherited condition in which one or more tumors form in the parathyroid glands (four pea-sized organs found on the thyroid) and cause them to make too much parathyroid hormone.

Filler most often refers to an inactive ingredient bulking a medication, but the term also describes an injectable substance used to add facial volume.