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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A condition in which there is a lower-than-normal number of granulocytes (a type of white blood cell).
Industry:Health care
The inability of the body to produce an immune response.
Industry:Health care
A medical procedure that involves testing a sample of blood, urine, or other substance from the body. Tests can help determine a diagnosis, plan treatment, check to see if treatment is working, or monitor the disease over time.
Industry:Health care
A type of cancer that begins in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies). Also called Kahler disease, multiple myeloma, and plasma cell myeloma.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with the area outside or behind the peritoneum (the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and covers most of the organs in the abdomen).
Industry:Health care
Treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy. Also called chemoradiation.
Industry:Health care
A protein that acts as an antibody. Immunoglobulins are made by B cells and plasma cells. An immunoglobulin is a type of glycoprotein with two heavy chains and two light chains. Also called Ig.
Industry:Health care
A gland that secretes tears. The lacrimal glands are found in the upper, outer part of each eye socket.
Industry:Health care
