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HEPATIC-ARTERY-EMBOLIZATION


check date: 26/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: treatment
origination date: 08/01/2001
originator: Pamela
inputter: Arianne

Conceptual Structures
ISAEMBOLIZATION
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
EMBOLIZATION
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
SURGERY
SURGERY-BY-MEDICAL-ARTIFACT
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY


English
hepatic artery embolizationterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: treatment that infuses a blocking agent into the hepatic artery and blocks the blood supply to the tumor site. This is a treatment for liver cancer and stomach cancer. (en)
reliability code: 9

Spanish
embolización de la arteria hepáticaterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
definition: tratamiento en la que se inyecta un agente bloqueante en la arteria hepática, bloqueando el flujo de sangre a la zona tumoral. Es un tratamiento para cáncer de hígado y cáncer de estómago. (es)
reliability code: 9