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Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/

deficiency

Definition

In medicine, a shortage of a substance (such as a vitamin or mineral) needed by the body.

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health insurance premium

end-stage cancer

metoclopramide

vaginal dilation therapy

virus-neutralizing antibody

English lavender

licorice root extract

hookah

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flumatinib mesylate

TraceIT Hydrogel

Solu-Cortef

Maekmoondong-tang

melanoma helper peptide vaccine

ofatumumab

autologous melanoma lysate/NY-ESO-1-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

T-regulatory cell-enriched donor cells

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summary logarithm of the odds score

locus

nonsense mutation

acrochordon

facies

copy number variant

band

CNV

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