(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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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.examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
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.any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of 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.the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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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.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.a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer
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a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are convert…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the acti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when use…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.A condition in which an organ pushes through an opening in the muscle or tissue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sarcoma, muscle, tissue.
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