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Pronunciation: /əˈkjut/

acute

Definition

Symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic.

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intrahepatic bile duct cancer

cavity

SU101

prostate-specific antigen

parathyroid gland

hemizygous

chronic granulocytic leukemia

fungus

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ceramide nanoliposome

dinoprostone

MuGard

brain tumor initiating cell vaccine

indocyanine green solution

RET inhibitor FHND5071

autologous TAAs-loaded autologous dendritic cells AV-GBM-1

margetuximab-cmkb

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genetic screening

facies

first-degree relative

missense variant

SNV

summary logarithm of the odds score

carrier

whole exome sequencing

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