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Pronunciation: /dɪˈstrækʃən/

distraction

Definition

In medicine, a pain relief method that takes the patient’s attention away from the pain.

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BMS-354825

PKC412

immunohemolytic anemia

ductal intraepithelial neoplasia

BON

autologous bone marrow

trisomy

partial hysterectomy

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sodium hypochlorite

ruthenium-based transferrin targeting agent NKP-1339

anti-FOLR1 CoStAR-expressing autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes ITIL-306

casirivimab/imdevimab

carbon C11 nicotine

autologous tumor cell vaccine

allogeneic rituximab conjugated gamma delta T cells ACE1831

Qnasl

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polygenic risk score

NPV

onychodystrophy

inconclusive result

NGS

multigene panel test

genomic imprinting

linkage analysis

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