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ester

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Pronunciation: /ˈɛstər/

ester

Definition

A chemical substance made when an acid and an alcohol combine and water is removed. Esters are found in essential oils (scented oils that come from plants).

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hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome

peripheral stem cell

valacyclovir

granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

hypopharynx

HHV

laser surgery

psychosis

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Norethin

allogeneic PD-L1 tumor-targeted high-affinity natural killer cells

autologous iC9-GD2-CAR-expressing VZV-specific T lymphocytes

Matricaria recutita topical infusion

autologous dendritic cell-adenovirus p53 vaccine

Ethinoral

anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody BA1106

Nerlynx

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ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

skin tag

recurrence risk

missense mutation

first-degree relative

deleterious mutation

founder mutation

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