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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
In medicine, describes the interaction of two or more drugs when their combined effect is greater than the sum of the effects seen when each drug is given alone.
Industry:Health care
A very rare disorder in which the bone marrow doesn’t make enough red blood cells. It is usually seen in the first year of life. Patients may have deformed thumbs and other physical problems. They also have an increased risk of leukemia and sarcoma, especially osteosarcoma (bone cancer). Patients with congenital hypoplastic anemia may have a mutation (change) in one of the genes that make proteins found in the cell’s ribosomes. Also called Blackfan–Diamond anemia, congenital pure red cell aplasia, DBA, Diamond-Blackfan anemia, erythrogenesis imperfecta, and inherited erythroblastopenia.
Industry:Health care
Inherited; having to do with information that is passed from parents to offspring through genes in sperm and egg cells.
Industry:Health care
The science of health, and the practice of cleanliness that promotes good health and well-being.
Industry:Health care
A health professional trained to care for people who are ill or disabled.
Industry:Health care
A group of symptoms that may develop when substances released by some cancer cells disrupt the normal function of surrounding cells and tissue.
Industry:Health care
A large carbohydrate molecule. It contains many small sugar molecules that are joined chemically. Also called glycan.
Industry:Health care
A doctor who can surgically reshape or rebuild (reconstruct) a part of the body, such as a woman's breast after surgery for breast cancer.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which cancer is spread widely throughout the body, or, in some cases, to a relatively large region of the body. Also called carcinosis.
Industry:Health care
