A surgical procedure used to treat skin cancer. Individual layers of cancer tissue are removed and examined under a microscope one at a time until all cancer … [Read more...]
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Mohs surgery
A surgical procedure used to treat skin cancer. Individual layers of cancer tissue are removed and examined under a microscope one at a time until all cancer … [Read more...]
molar pregnancy
A slow-growing tumor that develops from trophoblastic cells (cells that help an embryo attach to the uterus and help form the placenta) after fertilization of … [Read more...]
mold
A form of fungus. Some molds can cause disease in humans. … [Read more...]
mole
A benign (not cancer) growth on the skin that is formed by a cluster of melanocytes (cells that make a substance called melanin, which gives color to skin and … [Read more...]
molecular diagnosis
The process of identifying a disease by studying molecules, such as proteins, DNA, and RNA, in a tissue or fluid. … [Read more...]
molecular marker
A biological molecule found in blood, other body fluids, or tissues that is a sign of a normal or abnormal process, or of a condition or disease. A molecular … [Read more...]
molecular mass
The sum of the atomic masses of all atoms in a molecule, based on a scale in which the atomic masses of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are 1, 12, 14, … [Read more...]
molecular medicine
A branch of medicine that develops ways to diagnose and treat disease by understanding the way genes, proteins, and other cellular molecules work. Molecular … [Read more...]
molecular pathway
A series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain end point or cell function. … [Read more...]