(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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Neurosarcoma
a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue
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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 nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.malignant neoplasm of the testis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, nerve, tissue, fibrous.A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such tissue.
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