(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.Aneurism
A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.
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(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.Words connected by meaning
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The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instrumen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: soft, pulsating, hollow, tumor, containing.Explore Academic Dictionary
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