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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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high-risk cancer

OCT

lymphatic fluid

folinic acid

trisomy 21

clinical practice guidelines

THU

mixed neuronal-glial tumor

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BI 2536

pralsetinib

MVA-HPV16E6/E7-IL2 vaccine TG4001

autologous genetically-modified MAGE-A4 C1032 CD8alpha T cells

autologous immunoglobulin idiotype-KLH conjugate vaccine

PM00104

Plasma-Lyte A

autologous anti-HER2 CAR monocytes CT-0525

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attributable risk

genetic screening

epigenetics

point mutation

VUS

incomplete penetrance

chromosomal instability

skin tag

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