General Medical Terms

A standardized extract containing the active alkaloid piperine, derived from the fruit of the plant Piper nigrum (black pepper) and/or the plant Piper longum L.

(Other name for: piperacillin sodium)

An analogue of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin.

An orally active synthetic antifibrotic agent structurally similar to pyridine 2,4-dicarboxylate.

A synthetic antifolate agent with antiparasitic, antipsoriatic and antitumor properties.

An anthrapyrazole antineoplastic antibiotic.

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

The dimaleate salt of a synthetic, noncardiotoxic aza-anthracenedione analogue with potential antineoplastic activity.

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

An inherited disorder that causes a build-up of phenylalanine (an amino acid) in the blood.

The transfer of blood from a placenta to an individual whose own blood production system is suppressed.

The outer membrane of a cell.

Having to do with plasma cells (a type of white blood cells).

The process of separating certain cells from the plasma in the blood by a machine; only the cells are returned to the person.

(Other name for: cisplatin)

(Other name for: cisplatin)

Pleomorphic describes cells, tissue, or organisms that appear in varied shapes and sizes rather than in one uniform, consistent form.

The pleura is a two layered membrane enclosing each lung, producing a thin fluid film that lets the lungs glide smoothly against the chest wall.

The space enclosed by the pleura, which is a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity.

A rare and very aggressive (fast-growing) cancer that forms in tissues of the lung and pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity).