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Pronunciation: /thrombus*/

thrombus

Definition

A blood clot that forms on the wall of a blood vessel or in the heart when blood platelets, proteins, and cells stick together. A thrombus may block the flow of blood.

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staging system

highly active antiretroviral therapy

intracavitary

Claus model

bicalutamide

NAE inhibitor

stage I vaginal cancer

atypical glandular cells

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Actinex

iodine I 131 apamistamab

alpha-lactalbumin-derived synthetic peptide-lipid complex alpha1H

Zanthoxylum fructus/Zingiberis siccatum Rhizoma/Ginseng radix-based supplement TU-100

autologous HPV-E6/E7-targeting T cells

motacabtagene lurevgedleucel

autologous B-cell/monocyte-presenting HER2/neu antigen vaccine BVAC-B

HIF2-alpha inhibitor NKT2152

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FDR

trisomy

specificity

telomere

LOD score

reduced penetrance

splice-site mutation

Ashkenazi Jews

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