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Pronunciation: /nɛk ˈdaɪsɛkʃən/

neck dissection

Definition

Surgery to remove lymph nodes and other tissues in the neck.

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spinal tap

ABX-EGF

stage IV endometrial stromal sarcoma

cyclic neutropenia

comfort care

syndrome

yttrium Y 90-ibritumomab tiuxetan

Tepmetko

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lipid nanoparticle encapsulating mRNA encoding Cas9 protein and TTR-targeting single guide RNA NTLA-2001

monoclonal antibody RAV12

boron-dipyrromethene-modified olaparib fluorescent imaging agent

anti-claudin 18.2 antibody-drug conjugate SKB315

Rectoid

tris-acryl gelatin microspheres

personalized synthetic long peptide breast cancer vaccine

BRAF inhibitor LUT014

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skin tag

depth of coverage

genotype

heteroduplex analysis

linkage analysis

allelic heterogeneity

fibrofolliculoma

whole genome sequencing

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