CHOROIDECTOMY

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origination date: 13/07/2000
originator: Pamela
subject field: medicine: treatment
check date: 24/08/2001
checker: Pamela
URL: http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/cgi-bin/srchcgi.exe?DBID=pdq&TYPE=search&UID=208+01279&ZFILE=patient&SFMT=pdq_treatment/1/0/0

originator: Arianne
origination date: 05/02/2001

Conceptual Structures
ISA	SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED
ANCESTORS	ALL CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE CANCER-TREATMENT EVENT HEALTH-SERVE MEDICAL-SERVE PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT SURGERY SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-AFFECTED SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER WORK-ACTIVITY

English
choroidectomy	term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: surgical procedure involving the removal of parts of the eye (middle layer of the eye between the retina and sclera). This is a treatment for intraocular melanoma. (en)

Spanish
coroidectomía	term type: main entry term part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: procedimiento quirúrgico que consiste en la extirpación de la capa coroides del ojo. Es un tratamiento para el melanoma intraocular. (es)