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Pronunciation: /pləˈsiboʊ/

placebo

Definition

An inactive substance, treatment or procedure that is intended to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol of a clinical trial.

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4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide

varicose vein

oncogene

MAGE-3 antigen

canertinib dihydrochloride

EP-2101

complex sclerosing lesion

small cell carcinoma

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autologous anti-BCMA CAR-transduced T cells KITE-585

L19-IL2 monoclonal antibody-cytokine fusion protein

MEK 1/2 inhibitor AS703988/MSC2015103B

monoclonal antibody CC49

saxagliptin hydrochloride

paclitaxel poliglumex

autologous oxidized ovarian tumor cell lysate vaccine

vericiguat

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inherited predisposition

fluorescence in situ hybridization

onychodystrophy

germline variant

missense variant

informative

compound heterozygosity

genetic screening

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