Category: T

A cylindrically shaped ultrasonic transducer inserted into the rectum to evaluate the prostate, rectum, and urinary bladder and to guide prostate biopsy.  

The conversion of stem cells derived from one tissue into cells normally found in another tissue.  

A method of delivering medicine by placing it in a special gel-like matrix that is applied to the skin. Each application will provide medicine for from one to several days. Nitroglycerin, fentanyl, lidocaine, estradiol, testosterone, and scopolamine may be administered through the skin. A transdermal drug patch has three key elements: a backing, the drug,…

The ferrying of a substance across a cell membrane in coated vesicles.  

Affecting or pertaining to individuals of different ethnic, racial, or socioeconomic backgrounds.  

A corticosteroid-binding globulin.  

Joining two parts of the cerebral cortex.  

Done through the cervical os of the uterus.  

Across the endothelial wall of a capillary.  

Across the bronchi or the bronchial wall.