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Pronunciation: /ˌæmpjəˈteɪʃən/

amputation

Definition

The removal by surgery of a limb (arm or leg) or other body part because of injury or disease, such as diabetes or cancer.

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ECM

Rubraca

stage I kidney cancer

penile cancer

pineoblastoma

modified FOLFOX-6

warm ischemia

Pap/HPV cotest

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Imdelltra

anti-VEGF/TGF-beta bispecific antibody fusion protein ZGGS18

MCPyV-LT-encoding plasmid DNA vaccine ITI-3000

URLC10-CDCA1-KOC1 multipeptide vaccine

autologous natural killer cells SNK01

anti-CD33 antigen/CD3 receptor bispecific monoclonal antibody AMV564

CD56-enriched CD3-positive donor lymphocytes

Micardis

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affected individual

logarithm of the odds score

hemizygous

fluorescence in situ hybridization

WES

heritability

GWAS

indeterminate result

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