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Pronunciation: /pləˈsɛntə/

placenta

Definition

The organ that nourishes the developing fetus in the uterus.

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tumor lysis syndrome

somatotropin

yttrium Y 90-DOTA-tyr3-octreotide

BPH

BON

Cowden disease

retinyl palmitate

immune thrombocytopenic purpura

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serine protease inhibitor WX-671

birtamimab

autologous anti-CD1a CAR T cells OC-1

necuparanib

FluLaval

Provecta

activated charcoal

anti-Her-2-CAR retroviral vector-transduced autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes

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MLPA

mode of inheritance

indeterminate result

GWAS

second-degree relative

NPV

whole exome sequencing

autosomal dominant inheritance

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