Home > Industry/Domain > Health care
Health care
Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
45Categories 457930Terms
Add a new termContributors in Health care
Health care > Cancer treatment 
rhabdoid tumor
Health care; Cancer treatment
A malignant tumor of either the central nervous system (CNS) or the kidney. Malignant rhabdoid tumors of the CNS often have an abnormality of chromosome 22. These tumors usually ...
sarcosinamide nitrosourea
Health care; Cancer treatment
A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. It is a type of alkylating agent. Also called sarCNU.
steroid cream
Health care; Cancer treatment
A skin cream containing a type of drug that relieves swelling, itching, and inflammation.
tocladesine
Health care; Cancer treatment
A substance that has been studied as an anticancer drug. It is an analog of a substance that occurs naturally in the body (cyclic adenosine monophosphate).
viscera
Health care; Cancer treatment
The soft internal organs of the body, including the lungs, the heart, and the organs of the digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems.
philosophical
Health care; Cancer treatment
Having to do with the deeper questions of life and with a person’s basic beliefs, ideas, and attitudes.
physical dependence
Health care; Cancer treatment
A condition in which a person takes a drug over time, and unpleasant physical symptoms occur if the drug is suddenly stopped or taken in smaller doses.
Sub-categories
- Arthritis (5830)
- Behavioral science (517)
- Cancer treatment (31937)
- Childbirth (66)
- Chinese medicine ()
- Chronic diseases (64)
- Dementia (39)
- Dentistry (3202)
- Dermatology (116)
- Diabetes treatment (2975)
- Diseases (22470)
- Drug rehabilitation (4949)
- Flu prevention & treatment (1568)
- Genetic disorders (76130)
- Hair loss (2037)
- Health care organizations (30)
- Health care regulations (244)
- Heart disease (4126)
- Hematology (3561)
- High blood pressure (205)
- Hip surgery (818)
- Hospitals (13808)
- Immunization (12)
- Incurable diseases (271)
- Kidney disease (2189)
- Leg surgery (0)
- Leukemia (2506)
- Managed care (1529)
- Medicine (135738)
- Nursing homes (390)
- Nutrition (2978)
- Ophtalmology (51)
- Optometry (16172)
- Organ transplantation (431)
- Orthopedics (1829)
- Pharmacy (22398)
- Podiatry (1666)
- Psychiatry (11523)
- Sexual health (6275)
- Sleep disorder (2897)
- Surgery (143)
- Tuberculosis (3748)
- Vaccines (2878)
- Viruses (400)
- Women’s health (16059)