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Pronunciation: /gastrectomy*/

gastrectomy

Definition

An operation to remove all or part of the stomach.

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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

needle-localized biopsy

stage II AIDS-related lymphoma

rheumatism

spinal block

johimbe

alpha-fetoprotein

MAGE-3 antigen

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cold contaminant-free Iobenguane I-131

Diovan

anti-DKK1 monoclonal antibody JS015

aprutumab

STAT3 inhibitor C-188-9

Pradaxa

TSP-1 mimetic fusion protein CVX-045

pDNA-encoding Emm55 autologous cancer cell vaccine IFx-Hu2.0

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inherited cancer syndrome

pedigree

splice-site mutation

RNA splicing

screening

chromosome

synchronous cancer

linkage disequilibrium

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