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Pronunciation: /ʤərm/

germ

Definition

A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause infection and disease.

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acrochordon

Surgeon General

non-cardia gastric cancer

growth and development milestones

rare disease

cellulose

Nexium

heart cancer

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anti-EphA2 antibody-directed liposomal docetaxel prodrug MM-310

aurora kinase inhibitor SNS-314

dasatinib anhydrous

Orgaran

radium Ra 224-labeled calcium carbonate microparticles

Coversin

c-Met inhibitor GST-HG161

Micronase

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microsatellite

epigenetic variant

deleterious mutation

WXS

heteroduplex analysis

genotype

massively parallel sequencing

recurrence risk

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