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malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass
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the formation of new blood vessels
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.A sample of tissue taken from the body for diagnostic examination.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of can…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.any substance that produces cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also…
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.Leucocythaemia.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.A type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evi…
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A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.any of the group of common autoantibodies present in blood.; "The presence an antiphospholipid antibody in blood, such as the lupus an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surfa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.the presence of red blood cells in the urine
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.the presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.the presence of red blood cells in the urine
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, renal, tumor, young, children.Passage of urine mingled with blood.
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