Medical Dictionary Definitions A-Z List
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Campylobacter jejuni
Campylobacter jejuni: A bacterium that typically infects the bowels. Now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, Campylobacter jejuni is most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is enough to make someone sick. Disease cau...
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Campylobacteriosis
Campylobacteriosis: Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni, now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, most often spread by contact with raw or undercooked poultry. A single drop of juice from a contaminated chicken is enough to make someone sick with Campylobacteriosis.
Campylobacterio...
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Canavan disease
Canavan disease: A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS).
The signs of Canavan disease usually appear when the children are between 3 and 6 months of age. They include developmental delay (significant motor slowness), enlargement of the head (macrocepha...
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Cancer
Cancer: An abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, to metastasize (spread).
Cancer is not one disease. It is a group of more than 100 different and distinctive diseases.
Cancer can involve any tissue of the body and have many different forms in...
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Cancer anorexia
Cancer anorexia: Loss of desire to eat due to cancer. Cancer anorexia contributes to malnutrition, increases morbidity (illness) and mortality (death), and impinges on the quality of life....
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Cancer antigen 125
Cancer antigen 125: See: CA 125....
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Cancer care
Cancer care: Taking care of cancer. When cancer is suspected, a biopsy is usually performed and the tissue is sent to a pathologist for evaluation. If a cancer diagnosis is made, an oncologist will evaluate the patient to determine the stage of the cancer. Staging usually involves a precise evaluat...
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Cancer causes
Cancer causes: In most individual cases of cancer, the exact
cause of cancer is unknown. The causes may include increased genetic
susceptibility; environmental insults, such as chemical exposure or
smoking cigarettes; lifestyle factors, including diet; damage caused
by infectious disease; and ma...
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Cancer cluster
Cancer cluster: A greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a group of people in a geographic area over a period of time. The expected number of cancer cases is calculated and compared to the observed number of cancer cases. A cancer cluster is confirmed when the observed/expec...
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Cancer detection
Cancer detection: Methods used to find cancer in
persons who may or may not have symptoms. Symptoms of cancer are abnormal sensations or
conditions that persons can notice that are a result of the cancer. It is important to
your doctor for regular checkups and not wait for problems to occur. But you...
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Cancer Institute, National
Cancer Institute, National: The
National
Cancer Institute (NCI) is one of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) in the U.S. The mission of the NCI is to "lead a
national effort to reduce the burden of cancer morbidity
and mortality and ultimately to prevent the disease.
Through basic and cli...
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Cancer of the appendix
Cancer of the appendix: See: Appendix cancer....
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Cancer of the cervix
Cancer of the cervix: See: Cervical cancer....
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Cancer of the clitoris
Cancer of the clitoris: See: Cancer of the vulva....
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Cancer of the labia
Cancer of the labia: See: Cancer of the vulva....
