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Pronunciation: /ˈɛmboʊˌlɪzəm/

embolism

Definition

A block in an artery caused by blood clots or other substances, such as fat globules, infected tissue, or cancer cells.

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chaplain

water deprivation test

Opdivo

breast fibrosis

Essiac

45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 46

compression pump

folliculin gene

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allogeneic AML antigen-expressing dendritic cell vaccine

photosensitizer agent REM-001

autologous anti-CD19 CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing T cells

Mcl-1 inhibitor MIK665

allogeneic third-party suicide gene-transduced anti-HLA-DPB1*0401 CD4+ T cells CTL 19

anti-EGFR/anti-HER3 antibody-drug conjugate BL-B01D1

COX-2 inhibitor ECP-1014

Gag:267-274 peptide vaccine

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metachronous cancer

cosegregation

segregation analysis

phenotype

tumor DNA sequencing

autosomal

presymptomatic testing

biallelic

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