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Pronunciation: /əˈkjut peɪn/

acute pain

Definition

Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time.

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yttrium Y 90-DOTA-tyr3-octreotide

HRT

autoimmune hemolytic anemia

lurbinectedin

rhabdomyosarcoma

AML

eructation

hyperalimentation

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Rapaflo

autologous GM-CSF-secreting breast cancer vaccine

allogeneic BK-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

lopinavir

autologous anti-CD1a CAR T cells

STAT3 degrader KT-333

recombinant flt3 ligand

Silvadene

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disease-causing mutation

WXS

reduced penetrance

novel mutation

polymerase chain reaction

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

splice-site mutation

novel variant

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