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Pronunciation: /əˈkjut peɪn/

acute pain

Definition

Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time.

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Sarclisa

radioactive

ganciclovir

edrecolomab

TUIP

stage IV ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer

SSRI

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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trastuzumab conjugate BI-CON-02

anti-TIM-3 antibody BMS-986258

red tomato juice

BCMA-targeted LCAR-BCDR cells

Tremfya

Optison

Progenta

fosbretabulin disodium

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VUS

mosaicism

codon

family cancer syndrome

triple-negative breast cancer

massively parallel sequencing

LOD score

variant of unknown significance

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