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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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triple-positive breast cancer

total androgen blockade

tretinoin

dermoid cyst

myelosuppression

bulk-forming agent

Casodex

HLRCC

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Y 90 monoclonal antibody M195

Bcl-2 inhibitor TQB3909

anti-CD40 agonist monoclonal antibody ABBV-927

recombinant human stem cell factor

synthetic peptides E-PRA and E-PSM vaccine

autologous gene-modified PD-1-positive T lymphocytes Sc610

Sterile Talc Powder

Metastat

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single nucleotide variant

nonsense variant

multigene panel test

cutaneous lichen amyloidosis

mosaicism

carrier frequency

genetic screening

disease-causing mutation

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