Watchful waiting

Closely watching a patient’s condition but not giving treatment unless symptoms appear or change. Watchful waiting is used in conditions that progress slowly, are hard to ...

watchful waiting

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Clinical management approach wherein immediate therapy is not provided but there is a period of observation during which periodic tests monitor patient and the progression of the ...

watchful waiting

Health care; Leukemia

A treatment plan for patients with certain blood cancers that are either not growing or slow-growing and who have no symptoms of their blood cancer. Patients in watch and wait ...

waiting

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A state in which a task has voluntarily blocked itself from further execution until an awaited event occurs. The kernel allows a task to wait either for the arrival of a message ...

external beam radiation therapy

Biology; Urology

A 25-28 treatment protocol that utilizes External Beam Radiation. Approximately 6800-7400 rads of radiation energy is delivered to the Prostate. There can be some radiation effect ...

dihydrotestosterone (DHT)

Biology; Urology

A androgenic hormone that is thought to be responsible for the development of male sexual functions.

habit training

Biology; Urology

A behavioral technique that calls for scheduled toileting at regular intervals on a planned basis. Unlike bladder training, there is no systematic effort to motivate the patient ...

bladder training

Biology; Urology

A behavioral technique that teaches the patient to resist or inhibit the urge to urinate, and to urinate according to a schedule rather than urinating at the urge.

orchiectomy

Biology; Urology

The surgical removal of one or both of the testicles. It's often used as a type of hormone therapy for prostate cancer where one or both testicles are surgically removed to reduce ...

radical retropubic prostatectomy

Biology; Urology

The surgical removal of prostate through an abdominal incision. The prostate is completely removed. It is used to treat caner that is localized within the prostate gland. The ...

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Louisiana pancake batfish

Louisiana pancake batfish, Halieutichthys intermedius, belongs to the Ogcocephalidae family of batfish. It is native to the Gulf of Mexico, and was ...