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Pronunciation: /brɛst/

breast

Definition

Glandular organ located on the chest. The breast is made up of connective tissue, fat, and breast tissue that contains the glands that can make milk. Also called mammary gland.

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vacuum-assisted core biopsy

stage IVC maxillary sinus cancer

anti-idiotype vaccine

STD

levofloxacin

extraosseous osteosarcoma

hypercalcemia

blinded study

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TraceIT Hydrogel

DNMT1 inhibitor NTX-301

toll-like receptor 7 agonist DSP-0509

MALT1 inhibitor ONO-7018

dabigatran etexilate mesylate

Kymriah

autologous dnTGF-BRII-armored anti-GPC3 CAR T cells AZD5851

autologous gene-modified gamma delta T cells

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

cascade testing

inconclusive result

unclassified variant

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

nail dystrophy

deleterious mutation

point variant

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