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Pronunciation: /si sɛl/

C cell

Definition

A type of cell in the thyroid. C cells make calcitonin, a hormone that helps control the calcium level in the blood.

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variable expressivity

gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor

enlarged prostate

cevimeline hydrochloride

biofilm

compound nevus

technetium Tc 99m-demobesin-4

colorectal adenoma

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palladium Pd-103

indicine-N-oxide

Evaux spring water-based cream

allogeneic natural killer cells SAR445419

Respbid

GnRH antagonist VERU-100

synthetic plumbagin PCUR-101

anti-CCR8 monoclonal antibody BGB-A3055

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polygenic risk score

double heterozygosity

new variant

sebaceous epithelioma

unclassified variant

inversion

locus

epigenetics

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