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Pronunciation: /ˈbjukəl mjuˈkoʊsə/

buccal mucosa

Definition

The inner lining of the cheeks.

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long-term side effect

HMT inhibitor

nonmelanoma skin carcinoma in situ on the eyelid

selumetinib sulfate

stage III nasopharyngeal cancer

tagraxofusp

capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation syndrome

BRCA2

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doxazosin mesylate

neoantigen DNA-based pancreatic cancer vaccine

plevitrexed

NLRP3 agonist BMS-986299

raloxifene hydrochloride

sotorasib

5-fluoro-2-deoxycytidine

anti-PSCA monoclonal antibody AGS-1C4D4

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epimutation

missense mutation

logarithm of the odds score

autosomal

linkage disequilibrium

cosegregation

cascade genetic testing

predisposing mutation

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