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absorption

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Pronunciation: /əbˈzɔrpʃən/

absorption

Definition

The process of taking nutrients from the digestive system into the blood so they can be used in the body.

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invasive cancer

Breyanzi

lymphangiosarcoma

colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor

Waldenström macroglobulinemia

intraductal breast carcinoma

maintenance therapy

purple clover

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allogeneic CD8+ memory T cells

autologous B-cell/monocyte-presenting HER2/neu antigen vaccine BVAC-B

allogeneic anti-CD19 universal CAR-T cells CTA101

anti-CD45 BC8 monoclonal antibody-streptavidin conjugate

glembatumumab vedotin

tetrahydrobiopterin

bacteriophage phi X 174 vaccine

carbon C 14 dacomitinib

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assisted reproductive technology

polygenic risk score

informed consent

cosegregation

tumor suppressor gene

Sanger sequencing

novel variant

D’Amico criteria

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