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Cancer and Leukaemia Terms and Titles
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Displaying 13 terms beginning with "V"
Vaccinated or Vaccination means treated with a vaccine.
See Vaccinated.
This is a small amount of the weakened form of a disease, which is given to help the body learn how to protect itself against that disease. As some vaccines are live, people having chemotherapy should not be given them.
A vein is a blood vessel which carries blood back to the heart from the tissues and organs. An artery carries the blood from the heart to the tissues and organs.
Venipuncture is to puncture the vein to take a blood sample.
Venography is a procedure in which x-rays are taken after a special dye has been injected into bone marrow or veins.
See Respirator.
Vesicant describes a drug which can cause damage, if being given through a cannula and some of it leaks into surrounding tissue. This can cause inflammation, discomfort and even ulceration. In chemotherapy, any drug known to be vesicant, will be closely monitored whilst it is being given.
Virulent means a virus or bacteria is capable of doing damage to the person.
Virus or Viruses, are tiny organisms that can only be seen under a microscope. Viruses breed by getting into the cells of another organism, often causing disease. The influenza or flu virus, is a good example of this. Certain viruses, by causing mutations in a person's genes, can contribute to causing cancer.
See Virus.
Vitamins are essential substances that the body cannot make. We therefore need to make sure that our diet contains small amounts of vitamins needed for growth and development. The body cannot survive without vitamins.
Vomiting, known as throwing-up or being sick, is where the contents of the stomach are ejected or forcefully emptied out through the mouth.
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