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Pronunciation: /epiglottis*/

epiglottis

Definition

The flap that covers the trachea during swallowing so that food does not enter the lungs.

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polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

erythroleukemia

ileostomy

recurrent cancer

MSH6 gene

T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

medulloblastoma

immunotoxin

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anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody MDX-1105

idasanutlin

allogeneic large multivalent immunogen breast cancer vaccine

mefloquine

ROS1 inhibitor JYP0322

bumetanide

gallium Ga 68-NEB

autologous polyclonal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes LYL845

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genotype

risk assessment

epigenetics

mutation analysis

chromosome

linkage

linkage analysis

aneuploidy

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