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Pronunciation: /gastrectomy*/

gastrectomy

Definition

An operation to remove all or part of the stomach.

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Halsted radical mastectomy

hyperplasia

pirtobrutinib

penile cancer

cultured cell

stage III lymphedema

MCD test

antiangiogenic

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anti-K-RAS G12V mTCR-transduced autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes

faricimab

Atragen

resistant starch

cathepsin-cleavable NIR substrate probe 6QC-NIR

lenapenem

BRAF inhibitor LUT014

nanoparticle-based manganese-containing contrast agent SN132D

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nonsense variant

homozygous genotype

genodermatosis

somatic mutation

novel variant

deoxyribonucleic acid

skin tag

FISH

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