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- comedo carcinoma
- A type of ductal carcinoma in situ (very early-stage breast...
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- comfort care
- Care given to improve the quality of life of patients...
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- common bile duct
- A tube that carries bile from the liver and the...
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- common hepatic duct
- A tube that carries bile from the liver. It starts...
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- Community Advisory Board
- In medicine, a group of non-scientist volunteers that serves as...
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- comorbidity
- The condition of having two or more diseases at the...
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- comparative anatomy
- The comparison of the structure (anatomy) of one animal or...
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- compassionate use trial
- A way to provide an investigational therapy to a patient...
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- complementary and alternative medicine
- Forms of treatment that are used in addition to (complementary)...
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- complementary medicine
- Practices often used to enhance or complement standard treatments. They...
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- complement protein
- One of a group of about 20 proteins that is...
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- complete blood count
- A test to check the number of red blood cells,...
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- complete hysterectomy
- Surgery to remove the entire uterus, including the cervix. Also...
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- complete metastasectomy
- Surgery to remove all metastases (tumors formed from cells that...
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- complete prevalence
- Complete Prevalence represents the proportion of people alive on a...
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- complete remission
- The disappearance of all signs of cancer in response to...
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- complete response
- The disappearance of all signs of cancer in response to...
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- complex decongestive therapy
- Treatment to reduce lymphedema (swelling caused by a buildup of...
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- compliance
- The act of following a medical regimen or schedule correctly...
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- complication
- In medicine, a medical problem that occurs during a disease,...
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- composite lymphoma
- A rare form of lymphoma (cancer that begins in cells...
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- compound
- In science, a substance that is made up of more...
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- Compound 42
- (Other name for: warfarin)
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- compound nevus
- A type of mole formed by groups of nevus cells...
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- compression
- A pressing or squeezing together. In medicine, it can describe...