Definitions

• Salsitab
  
• Salt
  In everyday language salt generally refers to sodium chloride and other edible salts. In chemistry, salt is a term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. These ions can be inorganic (Cl-) as well as organic (CH3-COO-) and monoatomic (F-) as well as polyatomic ions (SO42-).
• salvage therapy -
  Treatment that is given after the cancer has not responded to other treatments.
• samarium 153 -
  A radioactive substance used in cancer therapy.
• Samarium 153 Lexidronam
  
• Samoa
  The Independent State of Samoa (conventional long form) or Samoa (conventional short form) is a country comprising a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Previous names are German Samoa from 1900 to 1914 and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997.
• San Jiao
  The San Jiao or triple burner is an organ found only in traditional Chinese medical theory, and with no tangible existence. It is a concept of Qi flow and fluid metabolism.
• San Marino
  The Most Serene Republic of San Marino or San Marino (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino or San Marino) is one of the smallest nations in the world. Located in southern Europe, it is landlocked by Italy, and is one of the European microstates.
• Sandhoff Disease
  
• Sandimmune Injection
  
• Sandimmune Solution
  
• Sandoglobulin
  
• Sandostatin
  Somatostatin is a hormone. Precisely it is a mixture of two peptides, one built of 14 amino acids, the other of 28.
• Sansert
  Sansert is a brand name for methysergide, a member of the ergoline group. Methysergide is one of the most effective medications for prevention, but not treatment, of migraine headaches. However, it has a known side-effect, retroperitoneal fibrosis, that is severe, although uncommon. Novartis appears to have withdrawn it from the U.S. market after taking over Sandoz.
• Santyl
  
• saponin -
  A substance found in soybeans and many other plants. Saponins may help lower cholesterol and may have anticancer effects.
• Saquinavir
  Saquinavir hard-gel capsule 27 (Invirase) was the first PI approved by the FDA, in December 1995. A carboxamide derivative specifically designed to inhibit HIV proteinase and prevent post-translational formation of viral proteins, saquinavir is a potent inhibitor of HIV-1 and HIV-2 proteinases without prior metabolic activation. At 12 nM concentration, saquinavir has a 50% inhibition of normal HIV, and at 11 nM it has a 50% inhibition of ZDV-resistant HIV.
• saquinavir mesylate -
  A drug that belongs to the family of drugs called protease inhibitors. It interferes with the ability of a virus to make copies of itself.
• sarCNU -
  A substance that is being studied as a treatment for cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents. Also called sarcosinamide nitrosourea.
• sarcoid -
  An inflammatory disease marked by the formation of granulomas (small nodules of immune cells) in the lungs, lymph nodes, and other organs. Sarcoid may be acute and go away by itself, or it may be chronic and progressive. Also called sarcoidosis.
• sarcoidosis -
  An inflammatory disease marked by the formation of granulomas (small nodules of immune cells) in the lungs, lymph nodes, and other organs. Sarcoidosis may be acute and go away by itself, or it may be chronic and progressive. Also called sarcoid.
• sarcoma -
  A cancer of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
• Sarcoma, Ewing's Family of Tumors
  
• Sarcoma, Kaposi's
  
• Sarcoma, Soft Tissue, Adult