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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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lab-on-a-chip

natural killer T cell

nonpenetrance

hypopharyngeal cancer

abdominal wall

speculum

reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

ataxic gait

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CYP17/CYP11B2 Inhibitor LAE001

Vytorin

brachyury-expressing modified vaccinia Ankara-TRICOM vaccine

derma-membrane-structure topical cream

multiple TAA-loaded dendritic cell vaccine

therapeutic angiotensin-(1-7)

CDK inhibitor SNS-032

nemvaleukin alfa

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phenotype

D’Amico criteria

multigene test

cascade testing

hemizygous

mosaicism

gonadal mosaicism

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

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