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- social worker
- A professional trained to talk with people and their families...
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- SOD1 inhibitor ATN-224
- A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. It...
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- sodium
- A mineral needed by the body to keep body fluids...
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- sodium borocaptate
- A substance used in a type of radiation therapy called...
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- sodium ferric gluconate
- A form of the mineral iron that is used to...
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- sodium salicylate
- A drug that is a type of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug....
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- sodium stibogluconate
- A substance being studied in the treatment of certain solid...
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- sodium sulfite
- A chemical used in photography, paper making, water treatment, and...
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- sodium thiosulfate
- A substance that is used in medicine as an antidote...
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- soft diet
- A diet consisting of bland foods that are softened by...
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- soft palate
- The back, muscular (not bony) part of the roof of...
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- soft tissue
- Refers to muscle, fat, fibrous tissue, blood vessels, or other...
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- soft tissue sarcoma
- A cancer that begins in the muscle, fat, fibrous tissue,...
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- solar keratosis
- A thick, scaly patch of skin that may become cancer....
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- solid tumor
- An abnormal mass of tissue that usually does not contain...
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- Soliris
- A monoclonal antibody used to prevent red blood cells from...
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- soluble
- Able to be dissolved in a liquid.
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- solvent
- A liquid that is able to dissolve a solid.
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- somatic
- Having to do with the body.
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- somatic cell
- Any of the body cells except the reproductive (germ) cells.
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- somatic mutation
- An alteration in DNA that occurs after conception. Somatic mutations...
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- somatomedin
- A protein made by the body that stimulates the growth...
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- somatostatin receptor scintigraphy
- A type of radionuclide scan used to find carcinoid and...
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- somatotropin
- A protein made by the pituitary gland that helps control...
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- somnolence syndrome
- Periods of drowsiness, lethargy, loss of appetite, and irritability in...