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Pronunciation: /əˈdɪkʃən/

addiction

Definition

An uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance, such as a drug or alcohol.

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CT colonography

Viagra

Kasabach-Merritt syndrome

ibuprofen

dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor

prostate-specific antigen test

Myleran

ependymal cell

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DDX5 degrader FL118

REXIN-G

alpha-methyl-4-deoxy-4-[(18)F]fluoro-D-glucopyranoside

Norvir

absorbable modified polymer hemostatic powder

emerfetamab

NY-ESO-1/LAGE-1 HLA class I/II peptide vaccine

Evaux spring water-based topical spray

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unclassified variant

nail dystrophy

noncarrier

codon

pathogenic variant

antioncogene

polymorphism

PCR

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