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Pronunciation: /ˌæntibækˈtɪriəl/

antibacterial

Definition

A substance that kills bacteria or stops them from growing and causing disease.

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iodine I 131-tositumomab

hyper-CVAD

trigeminal nerve

fortified food

stage IIA intraocular melanoma of the ciliary body and choroid

tumor vasculature–targeted tumor necrosis factor alpha

transurethral radiofrequency ablation

NIH

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cabergoline

sacituzumab tirumotecan

Purinethol

itacitinib adipate

anti-EGFR/HER2/HER3 monoclonal antibody mixture Sym013

gamma-tocopherol

tetraphenyl chlorin disulfonate

gelonin

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phenotype

founder variant

germline mosaicism

tumor DNA sequencing

new mutation

autosomal recessive inheritance

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

somatic variant

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