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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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Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome

DXA

Coombs test

peritoneal cavity

Iwilfin

immunocompetent

isointense

cetuximab

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Ludiomil

Biaxin

carbon C14 EGFR inhibitor ASP8273

vandetanib-eluting radiopaque bead BTG-002814

donor-derived CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells plus CD3+ T cells MDR-101

bleomycin sulfate

oligomeric procyanidin complex

iAPA-based dendritic cells/cytotoxic T lymphocytes

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epigenetic variant

consent process

whole exome sequencing

uninformative result

penetrance

VUS

new mutation

autosomal recessive inheritance

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