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Pronunciation: /dɪˈliʃən/

deletion

Definition

A type of genetic change that involves the absence of a segment of DNA. It may be as small as a single base but can vary significantly in size.

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missense variant

cell proliferation

grading

chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia

amiodarone hydrochloride

hemorrhoid

total parenteral nutrition

Protocel

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Supprelin

sodium bicarbonate/potassium bicarbonate/anhydrous citric acid

Candida albicans antigen injection

autologous iCasp9-deltaNGFR-CD19CAR-expressing T cells

sirtratumab vedotin

unesbulin

allogeneic CD33CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing T lymphocytes

bupropion hydrochloride controlled-release

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haploinsufficiency

GWAS

gonadal mosaicism

haplotype

whole exome sequencing

palmar pit

HLOD score

novel mutation

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