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Pronunciation: /bər hoʊl/

burr hole

Definition

A small opening in the skull made with a surgical drill.

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homoharringtonine

antineoplaston

stage I adult soft tissue sarcoma of the trunk, arms, and legs

Oncovin

coloanal pull-through

ALCAR

spinal anesthesia

vitality

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Hsp90 inhibitor CNF2024

Lioresal

anti-DLL3 CAR-NK cells

sodium borocaptate

Belrapzo

epothilone KOS-1584

efineptakin alfa

fluorine F 18-fluorothymidine

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ART

proband

sumLOD score

pedigree

informative

founder mutation

positive predictive value

massively parallel sequencing

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