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ecchymosis

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Pronunciation: /ecchymosis*/

ecchymosis

Definition

A small bruise caused by blood leaking from broken blood vessels into the tissues of the skin or mucous membranes.

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trisomy 21

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

arthritis

acoustic

homeopathic medicine

Imjudo

oligometastasis

aggressive

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cetuximab-loaded ethylcellulose polymeric nanoparticles decorated with octreotide

Vasotec

Bruceantin

anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody SG301

borofalan (10B)

allogeneic virus-specific T lymphocytes R-MVST

carmustine

human embryonic stem cell-derived midbrain dopamine neuron cells MSK-DA01

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hemizygous

variable expressivity

assisted reproductive technology

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

TNBC

cytogenetics

hypomelanosis

second-degree relative

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