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Pronunciation: /haɪˈdrɑləsəs/

hydrolysis

Definition

A chemical reaction that uses water to break down a compound.

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estrogen receptor test

stroke

HCA

inflammation

cardiac catheterization

Erbitux

steroid metabolism gene

BPA-F

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HSP90 inhibitor HSP990

Ras inhibitor LUNA18

lentivirus vector rHIV7-shI-TAR-CCR5RZ-transduced hematopoietic progenitor cells

Camidanlumab Tesirine

sodium dichloroacetate

Shenqi Fuzheng injection SQ001

Fyarro

anti-CD3/anti-Claudin 18.2 bispecific antibody IBI389

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risk assessment

variant of uncertain significance

phenocopy

splice-site variant

WES

allele

de novo variant

founder variant

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