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areola

Definition

The area of dark-colored skin on the breast that surrounds the nipple.

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ovarian failure

whole-brain radiation therapy

barium sulfate

radical laparoscopic prostatectomy

angiosarcoma

PHR

tumor debulking

multigene test

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tretinoin

cathepsin-targeted fluorescent imaging probe VGT-309

bimatoprost ophthalmic solution

bardoxolone

anti-HER2 ADC BB-1701

allogeneic LMP1-/LMP2- specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes

Thibenzole

methylselenocysteine

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pedigree

positive predictive value

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

intron

polygenic risk score

oral papilloma

heterozygous genotype

mutation analysis

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