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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A drug used to treat infections with herpesviruses in people whose immune systems are weakened by AIDS. It blocks the viruses from making copies of themselves. It is a type of antiviral agent. Also called foscarnet sodium and Foscavir.
Industry:Health care
In traditional Chinese medicine, vital energy or life force that keeps a person’s spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical health in balance.
Industry:Health care
A tiny hair-like projection, often on the surface of mucous membranes. The plural is villi.
Industry:Health care
Removal or destruction of the testicles or ovaries using radiation, surgery, or drugs. Medical castration refers to the use of drugs to suppress the function of the ovaries or testicles.
Industry:Health care
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites.
Industry:Health care
A disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs changes for the worse over time. Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer disease are examples.
Industry:Health care
