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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and that have gland-like (secretory) properties.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to treat symptoms of anxiety, such as feelings of fear, dread, uneasiness, and muscle tightness, that may occur as a reaction to stress. Most anxiolytic agents block the action of certain chemicals in the nervous system. Also called antianxiety agent and anxiolytic.
Industry:Health care
A large airway that leads from the trachea (windpipe) to a lung. The plural of bronchus is bronchi.
Industry:Health care
The largest artery in the body. It carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to vessels that reach the rest of the body.
Industry:Health care
A measure that relates body weight to height. BMI is sometimes used to measure total body fat and whether a person is a healthy weight. Excess body fat is linked to an increased risk of some diseases including heart disease and some cancers. Also called BMI.
Industry:Health care
A benign (not cancer) condition in which cells look abnormal under a microscope and are increased in number.
Industry:Health care
A tumor that is not cancer. It starts in gland-like cells of the epithelial tissue (thin layer of tissue that covers organs, glands, and other structures within the body).
Industry:Health care
Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the heart. This restores the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the heart. Also called CAB and coronary artery bypass.
Industry:Health care
A single dose of drug usually injected into a blood vessel over a short period of time. Also called bolus infusion.
Industry:Health care
A benign (not cancer) condition in which there are more cells than normal in the breast lobules and the cells look abnormal under a microscope. Having atypical lobular hyperplasia increases the risk of breast cancer. Also called ALH and atypical lobular breast hyperplasia.
Industry:Health care
