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ablation

Definition

In medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods.

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tumor suppressor gene

Prinivil

urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA)-derived peptide A6

gastrointestinal system

SDS

multiple sclerosis

melanocyte

viral oncolysate

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borofalan (10B)

allogeneic EBV-transformed B-lymphoblastoid cell line lysate-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine KSD-101

IRDye800CW-nimotuzumab

curcumin-based gel

Ad5-SGE-REIC/Dkk-3 MTG-201

anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody SGN-TGT

MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor PF-04217903

ropivacaine hydrochloride

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sister chromatid exchange

variable expressivity

acrochordon

haploinsufficiency

sensitivity

heteroduplex analysis

variant of unknown significance

family cancer syndrome

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