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Pronunciation: /ʤərm sɛl/

germ cell

Definition

A cell that develops into a reproductive cell, which is an egg in females and a sperm in males.

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cytotoxic agent

iododoxorubicin

Zolinza

family therapy

genomic instability

nucleotide

stage III HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer

beta alethine

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triptorelin pamoate

methylprednisolone acetate

genolimzumab

PSA prostate cancer vaccine

diphenhydramine hydrochloride

pirarubicin

tolinapant

autologous BCMA-4-1BBz-targeted CAR T cells

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trisomy

haplotype

WGS

cosegregation

variant of uncertain significance

translation

positive predictive value

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

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