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Pronunciation: /dɪˈstrækʃən/

distraction

Definition

In medicine, a pain relief method that takes the patient’s attention away from the pain.

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optic chiasma

Depakene

BuMel regimen

fertility specialist

hepatitis A virus

healing touch

stage I testicular cancer

Barrett esophagus

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5-carbon C 13-labeled glutamine

favezelimab/pembrolizumab formulation

American Ginseng

capsaicin

PPI-2458

Human Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin

corticorelin ovine triflutate

carbon C 11 N-desmethyl-loperamide

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tumor suppressor gene

plantar pit

cascade genetic testing

massively parallel sequencing

splice-site variant

inherited predisposition

SNP

PPV

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