Improving the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans (2008) / Chapter Skim
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Cancer - General term frequently used to indicate any of various types of malignant neoplasms, most of which invade surrounding tissues, may metastasize to several sites, and are likely to recur after attempted removal and to cause death of the patient unless adequately treated; especially, any such carcinoma or sarcoma, but, in ordinary usage, especially the former.
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of the first sentence of this subparagraph who was a member of a veteran's household at the time the person became 18 years of age and who is adopted by the veteran shall be recognized as a legally adopted child of the veteran Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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Chondrosarcoma – A malignant neoplasm derived from cartilage cells, occurring most frequently in pelvic bones or near the ends of long bones, in middle-aged and older people; most chondrosarcomas arise de novo, but some may develop in a preexisting benign cartilaginous lesion. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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In benign forms of the infection, the lesions are limited to the upper respiratory tract, lungs, and near lymph nodes; in a low percentage of cases, the disease disseminates to other visceral organs, meninges, bones, joints, and skin and subcutaneous tissues. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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2. A blood cell (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Diabetes mellitus – A chronic metabolic disorder in which utilization of carbohydrate is impaired and that of lipid and protein enhanced; it is caused by an absolute or relative deficiency of insulin and is characterized, in more severe cases, by chronic hyperglycemia, glycosuria, water and electrolyte loss, ketoacidosis, and coma; long-term complications include neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, generalized degenerative changes in large and small Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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– Infection with Dracunculus medinensis (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Effect modifier – A factor that modifies the effect on a health outcome of a putative causal factor under study.
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Ewing tumor – A malignant neoplasm which occurs usually before the age of 20 years, about twice as frequently in males, and in about 75% of patients involves bones of the extremities, including the shoulder girdle, with a predilection for the metaphysis; histologically, there are conspicuous foci of necrosis in association with irregular masses of small, regular, rounded, or ovoid cells (2–3 times the diameter of erythrocytes)
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Former prisoner of war – A person who, while serving in the active military, naval or air service, was forcibly detained or interned in line of duty -- (A)
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Gout – A disorder of purine metabolism, occurring especially in men, characterized by a raised but variable blood uric acid level and severe recurrent acute arthritis of sudden onset resulting from deposition of crystals of sodium urate in connective tissues and articular cartilage; most cases are inherited, resulting from a variety of abnormalities of purine metabolism.
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