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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Having to do with the female reproductive tract (including the cervix, endometrium, fallopian tubes, ovaries, uterus, and vagina).
Industry:Health care
A chewing gum that contains a small dose of nicotine, which enters the blood by being absorbed through the lining of the mouth. This helps stop nicotine cravings and relieves symptoms that occur when a person is trying to quit smoking. A prescription is not needed for nicotine gum.
Industry:Health care
An inactive treatment or procedure that is intended to mimic as closely as possible a therapy in a clinical trial. Also called sham therapy.
Industry:Health care
A type of hormone that promotes the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics.
Industry:Health care
Not cancerous. Benign tumors may grow larger but do not spread to other parts of the body. Also called nonmalignant.
Industry:Health care
A growth that is not cancer. It does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body.
Industry:Health care
A loss of feeling or awareness caused by drugs or other substances. Anesthesia keeps patients from feeling pain during surgery or other procedures. Local anesthesia is a loss of feeling in one small area of the body. Regional anesthesia is a loss of feeling in a part of the body, such as an arm or leg. General anesthesia is a loss of feeling and a complete loss of awareness that feels like a very deep sleep.
Industry:Health care
