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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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