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Pronunciation: /əˈdɪkʃən/

addiction

Definition

An uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance, such as a drug or alcohol.

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systemic radiation therapy

Cloretazine

beta-2-microglobulin

Brief Pain Inventory

dasatinib

registered dietitian

prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

penetrance

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vaccine-sensitized draining lymph node cells

LSD1 inhibitor GSK2879552

ethinyl estradiol/norethindrone

Prevnar

collagenase clostridium histolyticum EN3835

porcupine inhibitor CGX1321

autologous CD34+ enriched alpha-L-iduronidase-expressing hematopoietic stem cells OTL-203

anti-TROP-2/MMAE antibody-drug conjugate LCB84

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sporadic cancer

surveillance

recurrence risk

WES

frameshift variant

point mutation

single nucleotide polymorphism

summary logarithm of the odds score

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