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Pronunciation: /metaplasia*/

metaplasia

Definition

A change of cells to a form that does not normally occur in the tissue in which it is found.

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hepatic arterial infusion

hepatobiliary

tamoxifen citrate

stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

Inderal

clonidine hydrochloride

alcoholic fatty liver disease

douche

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alanylglutamine

purinostat mesylate

cridanimod sodium

ABCG2 substrate

PSA RNA-pulsed dendritic cell vaccine

allogeneic B7.1/HLA-A1 transfected tumor cell vaccine

tetanus toxoid helper peptide

ADC TORL-4-500

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germline

predisposing mutation

FDR

massively parallel sequencing

second-degree relative

mutation analysis

inherited cancer syndrome

deleterious mutation

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