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Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplɔrəˌtɔri ˈsərʤəri/

exploratory surgery

Definition

Surgery to look inside the body to help make a diagnosis.

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Ontak

mung bean

senescence

GSD

relapse

pathologic diagnosis

tin ethyl etiopurpurin

pyrazoloacridine

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HLA-A*2402-restricted URLC10-KOC1-VEGFR1-VEGFR2 multipeptide vaccine

actinium Ac 225 DOTATATE RYZ101

Serophene

Lorbrena

adenoviral vector Ad5-CEA(6D) vaccine

alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase-expressing allogeneic renal cell carcinoma vaccine

Xeomin

Thymoglobulin

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polygenic risk score

negative predictive value

allele

trinucleotide repeat

SNV

heteroduplex analysis

point variant

epimutation

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