(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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Osteogenic sarcoma
malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur
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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
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology.dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
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malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, 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, bone, tumor, common, children.loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to prod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.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: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, bone, tumor, common, children.malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones)
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