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aorta

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Pronunciation: /eɪˈɔrtə/

aorta

Definition

The largest artery in the body. It carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to vessels that reach the rest of the body.

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Rituxan Hycela

asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis

urothelium

stage IV vaginal cancer

glycan

CBC

condyloma acuminatum

endocrine gland

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pyruvate kinase inhibitor TLN-232

allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting lethally irradiated whole melanoma cell vaccine

anti-EGFRvIII-CAR-CD3/EGFR BiTE-transduced autologous T lymphocytes CARv3-TEAM-E

carubicin

RP-Mycin

Enterococcus gallinarum strain MRx0518

oncolytic Newcastle disease virus

troxacitabine

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translation

SNP

insertion

third-degree relative

acrochordon

hypomelanosis

germline variant

oral papilloma

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