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Pronunciation: /tracheostomy*/

tracheostomy

Definition

Surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy.

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Alteplase

influenza A virus

folate

tuberculosis

concomitant

EPO906

transurethral electrovaporization of the prostate

magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

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autologous IL-21-modulated CD8+ MART1-specific T cells

anti-B7-H3 antibody DS-5573a

Ferriprox

anti-LAMP1 antibody-drug conjugate SAR428926

tasisulam sodium

Viokace

anti-CA19-9 monoclonal antibody 5B1

PSMA-targeting fluorescent imaging agent IS-002

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familial

inherited predisposition

nonpenetrance

surveillance

unclassified variant

polygenic risk score

new variant

indeterminate result

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