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Pronunciation: /colostomy*/

colostomy

Definition

An opening into the colon from the outside of the body. A colostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the colon has been removed.

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phase 2 clinical trial

liposomal paclitaxel

Ayurvedic medicine

negative axillary lymph node

KRT14 gene

modified radical hysterectomy

organ

age-adjusted rate

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Jadenu

fluorine F 18 RD2

maraviroc

SMO protein inhibitor ZSP1602

Fas receptor agonist APO010

LentiGlobin BB305 lentiviral vector-transduced autologous SCD CD34+ hemaptopoietic stem cells bb1111

donor regulatory T lymphocytes

sufentanil transdermal system

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genetic heterogeneity

synchronous cancer

single nucleotide polymorphism

disease-causing mutation

cascade screening

ART

nonsense variant

variant of uncertain significance

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