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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
An atom or a molecule that has a positive or negative electrical charge. Examples are sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, and phosphate. These ions help move nutrients into cells, help move waste out of cells, and help nerves, muscles, the heart, and the brain work the way they should.
Industry:Health care
Part of the central nervous system, located at the base of the brain, between the medulla oblongata and the midbrain. It is part of the brainstem.
Industry:Health care
Cancer that forms in the tissues of the rectum (the last several inches of the large intestine closest to the anus).
Industry:Health care
A problem that occurs when treatment affects healthy tissues or organs. Some common side effects of cancer treatment are fatigue, pain, nausea, vomiting, decreased blood cell counts, hair loss, and mouth sores.
Industry:Health care
Inflammation (swelling, pain, and warmth) of a synovial membrane, which is a layer of connective tissue that lines a joint, such as the hip, knee, ankle, or shoulder. Synovitis is caused by some types of arthritis and other diseases.
Industry:Health care
A membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and also covers the front part of the eye. Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with beliefs about what is right and wrong in terms of how people behave. Also called moral.
Industry:Health care
An inherited increase in the risk of developing a disease. Also called genetic susceptibility.
Industry:Health care
Radiation treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into small doses and treatments are given more than once a day. Also called hyperfractionated radiation therapy and superfractionated radiation therapy.
Industry:Health care
