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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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histologic examination

nefazodone

efavirenz

stage I childhood Hodgkin lymphoma

alvocidib

research advocate

stage II nonmelanoma skin cancer on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)

Cancell

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anti-BCMA CAR-NK cells

lutetium Lu 177 PSMA-EB-01

spanlecortemlocel

hydrogen peroxide-hyaluronic acid tumor injectable formulation

human lysozyme-containing goat milk

Prodentis

fecal microbiota transplantation capsule

gallium Ga 68-DOTA-siglec-9

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new variant

single nucleotide variant

somatic variant

aneuploidy

autosomal

novel variant

pedigree

cosegregation

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