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Pronunciation: /cachexia*/

cachexia

Definition

Loss of body weight and muscle mass, and weakness that may occur in patients with cancer, AIDS, or other chronic diseases.

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stereotactic injection

tomography

MGUS

stage III adenosarcoma of the uterus

familial dysplastic nevi

PR

health history

resection

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paclitaxel injection concentrate for nanodispersion

truncated tissue factor/NGR peptide

RET kinase inhibitor KL590586

anti-TIGIT bispecific antibody BMS-986442

denosumab

anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody LZM009

iodine I 131 NM404

NicoDerm CQ

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mutation analysis

point variant

HLOD score

summary logarithm of the odds score

D’Amico criteria

noncarrier

segregation analysis

positive predictive value

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