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emetic

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Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛtɪk/

emetic

Definition

Describes a substance that causes vomiting. Also called emetogenic.

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DES daughter

dysplastic nevus

tivozanib hydrochloride

respiratory therapy

canertinib dihydrochloride

micromolar

Barrett esophagus

Akt

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autologous lymphoma cell/allogeneic dendritic cell electrofusion hybrid vaccine

rulonilimab

glucarpidase

recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-expressing interferon-beta

Zentel

anti-CEACAM6 AFAIKL2 antibody fragment/Jack Bean urease immunoconjugate L-DOS47

Pitocin

emerfetamab

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surveillance

massively parallel sequencing

copy number variant

nonsense variant

negative predictive value

double heterozygosity

synchronous cancer

LD

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