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Pronunciation: /electrodesiccation*/

electrodesiccation

Definition

The drying of tissue by a high-frequency electric current applied with a needle-shaped electrode.

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porfimer sodium

PTEN tyrosine phosphatase

DNA repair disorder

heritable

yin and yang

MEDI-522

Oncotype DX breast cancer assay

hydrolysis

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androgen receptor inhibitor EPI-506

RET inhibitor TY-1091

mebendazole

DNA plasmid-encoding interleukin-12/HPV DNA plasmids therapeutic vaccine MEDI0457

autologous anti-CD19 CAR-expressing T lymphocytes

mosedipimod

Gleevec

CSF1-targeting agent

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false-positive result

allelic heterogeneity

skin tag

hemizygous

proband

single nucleotide polymorphism

disease-causing mutation

homozygous genotype

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