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Pronunciation: /axillary* ˈdaɪsɛkʃən/

axillary dissection

Definition

Surgery to remove lymph nodes found in the armpit region. Also called axillary lymph node dissection.

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17-N-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin

junctional epidermolysis bullosa

corpus uteri

mesna

stage IV nonmelanoma skin cancer on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)

Proleukin

CAPIRI

Cipro

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pan-PI3K inhibitor CLR457

Lithane

anti-NRP1 antibody ASP1948

ACSS2 inhibitor MTB-9655

Kadcyla

recombinant oncolytic adenovirus 5 encoding non-secreting interleukin-12 BioTTT001

PARP 1/2 inhibitor SC10914

Nubeqa

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variant of unknown significance

missense mutation

inversion

noninferiority study

copy number variant

hereditary predisposition

frameshift mutation

Sanger sequencing

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