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Pronunciation: /əˈkjut/
acute
Definition
Symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic.
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hypofractionated radiation therapy
Hydrostat IR
intercellular communication
pancreatic juice
lesion
e-cigarette
Picato
milk thistle
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allogeneic CD4+ memory Th1-like T cells/microparticle-bound anti-CD3/anti-CD28
lung-targeted immunomodulator QBKPN
wu-ling-san
Apriso
BR96-doxorubicin immunoconjugate
aminocaproic acid
prucalopride succinate
ENPP1 inhibitor SR-8541A
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antioncogene
linkage disequilibrium
heterozygous genotype
polymorphism
pseudogene
point variant
mode of inheritance
germline mosaicism
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