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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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daidzein

Angiocept

Dilantin

Zolinza

molecular target

vascular endothelial growth factor-antisense oligonucleotide

CD4-positive T lymphocyte

perihilar bile duct cancer

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anti-claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody LM-102

Depakote

Hyperacute Melanoma

microbiome GEN-001

CD16/IL15/CD33 trispecific killer cell engager OXS-3550

imatinib mesylate

autologous anti-HER2 CAR T cells CCT303-406

anti-PD-L1/4-1BB bispecific antibody ATG-101

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compound heterozygosity

haplotype

unclassified variant

locus heterogeneity

deoxyribonucleic acid

uninformative result

summary logarithm of the odds score

PPV

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