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Pronunciation: /glycan*/

glycan

Definition

A large carbohydrate molecule. It contains many small sugar molecules that are joined chemically. Also called polysaccharide.

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chronic myelogenous leukemia

ophthalmic artery infusion

CoQ10

clinician

99m-Tc-Dx

stoma

electroshock therapy

atrial fibrillation

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soy protein isolate

pan-DDR DNA decoy-cholesterol conjugate VIO-01

pooled mutant KRAS-targeted long peptide vaccine

certolizumab pegol

lutetium Lu 177 PSMA-EB-01

elesclomol

CBP/p300 bromodomain inhibitor FT-7051

anti-Claudin-18.2 monoclonal antibody NBL-015

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specificity

noncarrier

second-degree relative

autosomal recessive inheritance

positive predictive value

multigene panel test

risk assessment

negative predictive value

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