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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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Hodgkin disease

stage I intrahepatic bile duct cancer

bone marrow metastasis

prednisone

metaplasia

fecal immunochemical test

Mvasi

azacitidine

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polymeric camptothecin prodrug XMT-1001

Sinequan

Deladumone

allogeneic human stem cell-derived pancreatic islet cells VX-880

chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser

Mangoral

EGFR/CD3-targeting T-cell engaging molecule TAK-186

neuroinflammatory inhibitor MW151

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WGS

nail dystrophy

mosaicism

kindred

genetic screening

chromosomal instability

familial

unclassified variant

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