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Pronunciation: /hilar*/

hilar

Definition

Refers to the area where nerves and blood vessels attach to an organ.

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dendritic cell

Torisel

dosimetrist

stage 0 maxillary sinus carcinoma in situ

HIV DNA test

SM-AHN

obstetrics and gynecology

stage 0 testicular carcinoma in situ

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Sensorcaine

Zelboraf

interferon-gamma-expressing adenovirus vaccine ASN-002

autologous B-cell/monocyte-presenting HER2/neu antigen vaccine BVAC-B

sivifene gel

prostate tumor antigen-activated autologous dendritic cell vaccine

V930 vaccine

autologous anti-CS1 hinge-optimized CAR-4-1BB-EGFRt-expressing memory-enriched T cells

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founder variant

translocation

whole exome sequencing

founder mutation

splice-site variant

pseudogene

mutation analysis

new variant

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