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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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adrenocortical carcinoma

mastocytoma

AML-MRC

Elzonris

IV

silymarin

NK cell

Dukes A colorectal cancer

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mosedipimod

Caphosol

STING agonist IMSA101

eIF4E antisense oligonucleotide ISIS 183750

anti-IL-11 monoclonal antibody 9MW3811

anti-interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 allogeneic CAR T cells YYB-103

fluorine F 18-WL12

Aberel

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fluorescence in situ hybridization

WXS

late or variable onset

genotype

phenotype

haplotype

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

linkage disequilibrium

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