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Vesicant extravasation

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009224

The leakage of certain drugs called vesicants out of a vein into the tissue around it. Vesicants cause blistering and other tissue injury that may be severe and can lead to tissue necrosis (tissue death).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-009224
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009224",
  "term": "Vesicant extravasation",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The leakage of certain drugs called vesicants out of a vein into the tissue around it. Vesicants cause blistering and other tissue injury that may be severe and can lead to tissue necrosis (tissue death).",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/vesicant-extravasation/"
}

Record 17,208 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.