General Medical Terms

Sold under this brand name, megestrol acetate is a synthetic progestin used to stimulate appetite and to treat certain hormone sensitive cancers.

A novel palladium-substituted bacteriochlorophyll derivative and photosensitizer with potential antitumor activity.

Palliation is care focused on relieving symptoms and improving comfort in serious illness, distinct from treatment aimed at curing the underlying disease.

Examination by pressing on the surface of the body to feel the organs or tissues underneath.

A rapid or irregular heartbeat that a person can feel.

The disodium salt of the synthetic bisphosphonate pamidronate.

A panacea is a supposed remedy claimed to cure every disease or solve every health problem.

Part of a system of ducts in the pancreas.

Fluid made by the pancreas.

A small protein made by the pancreas that helps control the release of other substances made by the pancreas.

(Other name for: therapeutic hemin)

Panic is a sudden surge of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms such as a racing heart, sweating, and shortness of breath.

A cinnamic hydroxamic acid analogue with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Other name for: alitretinoin)

(Other name for: falimarev)

(Other name for: inalimarev)

(Other name for: warfarin)

(Other name for: 2-methoxyestradiol)

The thin top layer of the dermis (the inner layer of the skin).

(Other name for: chlorzoxazone)