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biopsy specimen

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Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪɑpsi ˈspɛsəmən/

biopsy specimen

Definition

Tissue removed from the body and examined under a microscope to determine whether disease is present.

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hepatolenticular degeneration

epithelioid sarcoma

whole-brain radiotherapy

ureteroscopy

polyglutamate camptothecin

TSEB radiation therapy

Onconase

minocycline-EDTA

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Tirazone

autologous mesothelin-specific human mRNA CAR-transfected PBMCs MCY-M11

maplirpacept

Elopram

etoposide

autologous iCasp9-deltaNGFR-CD19CAR-expressing T cells

WT1/PRAME/survivin-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

milatuzumab

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nonsense mutation

second-degree relative

familial

affected individual

nonsense variant

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

genetic predisposition

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