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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A procedure in which the mucous membrane of the cervical canal is scraped using a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which one side of the body or a part of one side is larger than the other. Children with hemihypertrophy have an increased risk of developing certain types of cancer, including Wilms tumor (a childhood kidney cancer) and liver cancer.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, refers to the act of taking a substance into the body by breathing.
Industry:Health care
Treatment in which a storage tank of oxygen or a machine called a compressor is used to give oxygen to people with breathing problems. It may be given through a nose tube, a mask, or a tent. The extra oxygen is breathed in along with normal air. Also called supplemental oxygen therapy.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, a machine used to help a patient breathe. Also called respirator.
Industry:Health care
Cancer that forms in follicular cells in the thyroid. It grows slowly and is highly treatable.
Industry:Health care
Inflammation of the thyroid gland. Thyroiditis may be an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid gland over time, causing hypothyroidism (too little thyroid hormone). A temporary form of thyroiditis may also occur after the birth of a baby, or when viral or bacterial infections spread to the thyroid.
Industry:Health care
A nonmetallic element that is found in the blood, muscles, nerves, bones, and teeth and is a component of adenosine triphosphate (ATP; the primary energy source for the body's cells).
Industry:Health care
A procedure to deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver. Catheters are put into an artery in the groin that leads directly to the liver, and drugs are given through the catheters.
Industry:Health care
A highly reactive chemical that often contains oxygen and is produced when molecules are split to give products that have unpaired electrons (a process called oxidation). Free radicals can damage important cellular molecules such as DNA or lipids or other parts of the cell.
Industry:Health care
