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Pronunciation: /hypothalamus*/

hypothalamus

Definition

The area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst.

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bendamustine hydrochloride

von Hippel-Lindau syndrome

IBMFS

diffuse hyperplastic perilobar nephroblastomatosis

IDEC-Y2B8

ciprofloxacin

Erwinaze

Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

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copper Cu 64 SAR-bombesin

anti-CD39 monoclonal antibody TTX-030

tetrodotoxin

PARP inhibitor AZD2461

alfuzosin hydrochloride

perflutren protein-type A microspheres

ingenol mebutate gel

perindopril erbumine

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null allele

germline mutation

deletion

nonsense variant

massively parallel sequencing

biallelic

presymptomatic testing

hereditary predisposition

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