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Pronunciation: /ˈɛfɪˌkæsi/

efficacy

Definition

Effectiveness. In medicine, the ability of an intervention (for example, a drug or surgery) to produce the desired beneficial effect.

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marginal zone B-cell lymphoma

progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

ECG

HER2

malignant fibrous cytoma

18F-fluorothymidine

Evomela

non-serous epithelial ovarian cancer

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iodine I 131 omburtamab

Clostridium butyricum-containing probiotic

indium In 111 anti-CD45 monoclonal antibody BC8

Ammoidin

Breyanzi

iAPA-based dendritic cells/cytotoxic T lymphocytes

allogeneic anti-CD5-IL-15/IL-15sushi-safety switch CAR T cells

methyl-5-aminolevulinate hydrochloride cream

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multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

Sanger sequencing

pseudogene

point mutation

specificity

deleterious mutation

variant

mosaicism

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