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Pronunciation: /pneumonectomy*/

pneumonectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove all of one lung. In a partial pneumonectomy, one or more lobes of a lung are removed.

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spinal tap

lymphostatic elephantiasis

impotent

portal hypertension

endometrial

pelvic lymphadenectomy

stage II lip and oral cavity cancer

chelating agent

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tacedinaline

omidubicel

interferon gamma-primed human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells

monoclonal antibody CC49-delta CH2

engineered interferon ORB-011

Progenta

Elixophyllin

allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting breast cancer vaccine SV-BR-1-GM

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FDR

RNA splicing

sensitivity

homozygous genotype

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

splice-site mutation

translation

germline mutation

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