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Pronunciation: /ˈæsi/

assay

Definition

A laboratory test to find and measure the amount of a specific substance.

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coma

Adriamycin

egg freezing

peristalsis

gastric acid

recur

overtreatment

adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

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DTA-H19 plasmid

T-regulatory cell-enriched donor cells

Lactobacillus acidophilus/estriol vaginal tablet

tegafur-uracil

18F-labeled mini-PEG spacered RGD dimer

uracil

lovastatin

oncolytic HSV-1-expressing IL-12, IL-15/IL-15-receptor alpha and PD-L1-blocking peptide VG161

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familial

multigene panel test

novel mutation

late or variable onset

frameshift mutation

haplotype

CHIP

PCR

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