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Pronunciation: /ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən/

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In medicine, the change that a normal cell undergoes as it becomes malignant.

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small lymphocytic lymphoma

epigastric

HIV test

tumor mutational burden

symptomatic

post-traumatic stress disorder

hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome

esthesioneuroblastoma

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Nicotrol NS

doxorubicin-loaded EGFR-targeting nanocells

monoclonal antibody HuPAM4

tubulin-binding agent SSR97225

autologous anti-HLA-G CAR-T cells IVS-3001

tivantinib

Urolene Blue

alisertib sodium

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constitutional DNA

presymptomatic testing

novel mutation

trisomy

MSI

throughput

VUS

X-linked dominant inheritance

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