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A drug which helps to prevent the production of serotonin, used to control nausea and vomiting caused by drug treatment and radiotherapy for cancer. Ondansetron is a serotonin antagonist medication utilized to manage nausea and vomiting resulting from surgical procedures, radiotherapy, or cancer drugs. It can be consumed as tablets, administered via suppositories, or injected.…

Referring to a tumour. Characterized by a tumor or swelling.  

An instrument for measuring swelling in an arm or leg using changes in their blood pressure. An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the kidney and other organs of the body. An instrument for measuring the volume of blood circulating in one of the limbs.  

The destruction of tumors and tumor cells. This may occur spontaneously or. more usually, in response to treatment with drugs or radiotherapy. The absorption or dissolution of tumor cells.  

A genus of tropical parasitic threadworms. A genus of parasitic worms occurring in central Africa and central America. The adult worms are found in fibrous nodules within the connective tissues beneath the skin and their presence causes disease. Various species of black fly, in which Onchocerca undergoes part of its development, transmit the infective larvae…

A scar with a depression in the middle of the abdomen where the umbilical cord was detached after birth.  

A hernia in which part of the intestine protrudes through the abdominal wall near the navel. Congenital defect in which abdominal organs protrude through the umbilical region—an umbilical hernia; it is usually treated surgically. Congenital malformations in which intra-abdominal contents protrude through the umbilical cord. An umbilical hernia is a type of birth defect where…