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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel and attached to a disk placed under the skin. It is used for the administration of intravenous fluids and drugs; it can also be used to obtain blood samples.
Industry:Health care
Disease caused by the spread of bacteria and their toxins in the bloodstream. Also called blood poisoning and septicemia.
Industry:Health care
A break in the skin or other body tissues caused by injury or surgical incision (cut).
Industry:Health care
A drug that is used to treat asthma, allergies, and colds, and to relieve itching caused by certain skin disorders. It has also been used to stimulate appetite and weight gain, and is being studied in the treatment of weight loss caused by cancer and its treatment. Cyproheptadine belongs to the family of drugs called antihistamines.
Industry:Health care
A surgical procedure in which the colon is attached to the anus after the rectum has been removed. Also called coloanal anastomosis.
Industry:Health care
The length of a straight line that extends from one edge of a tumor or other object, through its center and to the opposite edge. It is usually used to measure the size of round or spherical shapes.
Industry:Health care
A substance from a type of tree called Guaiacum that grows in the Caribbean. Guaiac is used in the fecal occult blood test (a test for blood in human stool samples).
Industry:Health care
A procedure in which high-energy sound waves are aimed directly at an area of abnormal cells or tissue in the body. The waves create heat that kills the cells. High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy is being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer and some other types of cancer and other diseases. Also called HIFU.
Industry:Health care
Within an artery (blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to tissues and organs in the body).
Industry:Health care
