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Pronunciation: /trephine*/

trephine

Definition

A surgical tool used to cut out circular pieces of bone or other tissue.

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response

VeIP regimen

school liaison

stage IV adrenocortical cancer

mitotic activity

National Cancer Institute

incomplete penetrance

ERBB1 gene

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Agriflu

Y-90 OctreoTher

CDC7 inhibitor TAK-931

bavdegalutamide

EPOCH-O regimen

Tempol

anti-PD-L1 antibody/IL-15 fusion protein IGM-7354

HPV 16 E6 peptides vaccine/candida albicans extract

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logarithm of the odds score

PCR

germline DNA

translation

nucleotide

depth of coverage

cytogenetics

variant of uncertain significance

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