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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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DNA ploidy

atelectasis

xeroradiography

signal transduction inhibitor

perfusion

stage I maxillary sinus cancer

ixazomib citrate

STI

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BetaMarc

alacizumab pegol

miR-221 LNA inhibitor LNA-i-miR-221

Ultram

gamitrinib

anti-CD22-CAR m971-BBz lentiviral vector-transduced autologous T lymphocytes CRG-022

fluorine F 18 florilglutamic acid

noscapine hydrochloride

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mutation

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

allelic heterogeneity

reduced penetrance

de novo mutation

genotype

sebaceoma

nonpenetrance

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