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Pronunciation: /axilla*/

axilla

Definition

The underarm or armpit.

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abdominoperineal resection

Mohs micrographic surgery

anxiolytic

CA 15-3

SU101

PTEN

pediatric intensivist

prediabetes

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rabies vaccine

adenoviral MUC1 vaccine ETBX-061

efatutazone dihydrochloride

autologous IL-2-expressing B-CLL vaccine

PRMT5-MTA inhibitor MRTX1719

carbon C14-labeled carboplatin

cloxacillin

Pentam

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third-degree relative

germline variant

polymorphism

pseudogene

incomplete penetrance

NGS

single nucleotide polymorphism

loss of heterozygosity

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