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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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quadrantectomy

mean survival

phytochemical

acrylonitrile

advanced cancer

thyroxine

small-molecule drug

ingenol mebutate gel

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ex vivo-activated autologous lymph node lymphocytes

Daliresp

non-small cell lung cancer mRNA-derived vaccine CV9201

18F-labeled mini-PEG spacered RGD dimer

anti-c-Met/MMAE ADC RC108

Imuthiol

doxorubicin hydrochloride

agonistic anti-OX40 monoclonal antibody MEDI6469

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linkage

heterozygous genotype

inherited cancer syndrome

founder variant

biallelic

onychodystrophy

WXS

genetic counseling

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