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Pronunciation: /hypothalamus*/

hypothalamus

Definition

The area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst.

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multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome

chemoprotective agent

duloxetine hydrochloride

mitotic rate

confusion

Zelboraf

stage 0 colorectal carcinoma in situ

carboplatin-Taxol

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Gencept

OptiPEA

RNA electroporated CD19CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing autologous T lymphocytes

GlutaSolve

TELCYTA

botanical extract DCB-BO1301

imatinib mesylate

acyclic nucleoside phosphonate prodrug ABI-1968

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Sanger sequencing

LOH

loss of heterozygosity

transcription

positive predictive value

single nucleotide polymorphism

inherited cancer syndrome

double heterozygosity

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