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(AK-yoo-PUNK-cher NEE-dul) A stainless steel needle that is slightly thicker than a human hair. Acupuncture needles are inserted through the skin at specific points on the body to control pain and other symptoms.
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(AK-yoo-PUNK-cher poynt) A specific spot on the body where an acupuncture needle may be inserted to control pain and other symptoms. Also called acupoint.
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(AK-yoo-PUNK-cher poynt in-JEK-shun) A procedure in which drugs, vitamins, herbal extracts, or other fluids are injected into the body at an acupuncture point using a syringe and needle.
- Browse Related Terms: acupuncture point injection, infrared thermography, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection, nerve block, percutaneous, percutaneous ethanol injection, sperm banking (spurm...), subtenon, thermography
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(AK-yoo-PUNK-cheh-rist) A person trained in acupuncture (therapy that uses thin needles inserted through the skin at specific points on the body to control pain and other symptoms). Acupuncture is a type of complementary and alternative medicine.
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Mild electrical stimulation of acupuncture points to control symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.
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(uh-KYOOT) Symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic.
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Providing emergency services and general medical and surgical treatment.
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A facility/hospital that provides a wide array of specialized medical, surgical, and/or psychological servies.
- Browse Related Terms: Acute Care Facility, Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC), Ambulatory Surgical Center, Ambulatory Surgical Facility, Confidence Intervals, HAI Prevention Collaborative, Iatrogenic Pneumothorax, Incidence Rate, Infection Rate, International Classification of Diseases - 9th revision - Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), monitor, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), Nosocomial, Prevalence Rate, SSI Rate, Standardized infection ratio (SIR), Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) Statistical Method
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Transient complications that are temporary and reversible due to blood glucose fluctuations having a short term impact on driving capability, such as hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, and nonketotic hyperosmolar coma.
- Browse Related Terms: Acute Complications, Brittle Diabetes, Chronic Hyperglycemia, Coma, Diabetes Complications, Diabetic, Diabetic Coma, Emergency Measures, Functional Impairments, Glucopenia, Hyperglycemic Episode or Reation, Insulin Reactions, Microvascular Diabetic Complications, Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Coma, Range of Severity, Severe Hypoglycemia, Temporary Precipitating Factor
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(uh-KYOOT loo-KEE-mee-uh) A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.
- Browse Related Terms: accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, acute leukemia, blast crisis, blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic eosinophilic leukemia, chronic granulocytic leukemia, chronic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, chronic neutrophilic leukemia, chronic phase, chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, cirrhosis, CMML, hairy cell leukemia, leukemia, PLL, preleukemia, prolymphocytic leukemia
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(uh-KYOOT LIM-foh-BLAS-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute lymphocytic leukemia and ALL.
- Browse Related Terms: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, ALL, APL, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia, BLAST, chronic lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CLL, erythroleukemia, lymphoblast, lymphoblastic, myeloblastic, petechiae, precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia, precursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia, promyelocytic leukemia, stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia
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(uh-KYOOT LIM-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood. Also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and ALL.
- Browse Related Terms: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, ALL, APL, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia, BLAST, chronic lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CLL, erythroleukemia, lymphoblast, lymphoblastic, myeloblastic, petechiae, precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia, precursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia, promyelocytic leukemia, stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia
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(uh-KYOOT MY-eh-loh-BLAS-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, and ANLL.
- Browse Related Terms: acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, ANLL, chloroma, CML, granulocytic sarcoma, myelogenous, myeloid
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(uh-KYOOT MY-eh-LAH-jeh-nus loo-KEE-mee-uh) A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, and ANLL.
- Browse Related Terms: acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, ANLL, chloroma, CML, granulocytic sarcoma, myelogenous, myeloid
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(uh-KYOOT MY-eh-loyd loo-KEE-mee-uh) A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, and ANLL.
- Browse Related Terms: acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, ANLL, chloroma, CML, granulocytic sarcoma, myelogenous, myeloid
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(uh-KYOOT non-lim-foh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, AML, and ANLL.
- Browse Related Terms: acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, ANLL, chloroma, CML, granulocytic sarcoma, myelogenous, myeloid
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(uh-KYOOT payn) Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time.
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(uh-KYOOT PRO-MY-eh-loh-SIH-tik loo-KEE-mee-uh) An aggressive (fast-growing) type of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow. It is usually marked by an exchange of parts of chromosomes 15 and 17. Also called APL and promyelocytic leukemia.
- Browse Related Terms: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, ALL, APL, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia, BLAST, chronic lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CLL, erythroleukemia, lymphoblast, lymphoblastic, myeloblastic, petechiae, precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia, precursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia, promyelocytic leukemia, stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia
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A substance used to prevent or treat cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex infections that may occur when the body is immunosuppressed. It belongs to the family of drugs called antivirals.
- Browse Related Terms: acyclovir, atrasentan, brivudine, cyproheptadine, etanercept, lobradimil, LY293111, naloxone, Piritrexim, PN401, RMP-7, triacetyluridine, valacyclovir, YM598, ZD4054, ZD6474
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A drug used to treat bladder cancer that does not respond to BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin). It is an anthracycline and is a type of antitumor antibiotic. Also called valrubicin.
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