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Pronunciation: /aldehyde*/

aldehyde

Definition

A type of chemical substance made from alcohol. Aldehydes are found in essential oils (scented liquid taken from plants).

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nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

clear cell adenocarcinoma

exisulind

humanized monoclonal antibody MEDI-522

histologic examination

anagrelide

complete decongestive therapy

metoclopramide

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human monoclonal antibody 216

Photolon

prebiotic-based vaginal gel

Micronase

adenoviral-transduced hIL-12-expressing autologous dendritic cells INXN-3001 plus activator ligand INXN-1001

PARP inhibitor NMS-03305293

recombinant human mannose-binding lectin

PK-R allosteric activator AG-348

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Sanger sequencing

WGS

missense mutation

single nucleotide variant

attributable risk

HLOD score

PCR

double heterozygosity

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