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Pronunciation: /ˌɪntrəˈvinəs/

intravenous

Definition

Into or within a vein. Intravenous usually refers to a way of giving a drug or other substance through a needle or tube inserted into a vein. Also called IV.

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thrombus

rattlesnake root

benzodiazepine

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

attending physician

interleukin-11

antihormone therapy

ABVE-PC regimen

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Sulmeprim

poly-gamma glutamic acid

zinc oxide/aluminum starch octenylsuccinate/glycyrrhetinic phytosome/vitamin E/botanical extracts-based skin protectant paste

CHP-HER-2 peptide vaccine

lycopene

KeraStat

autologous anti-CD3/anti-SLAMF7 bispecific antibody-armed activated T lymphocytes

Bioperine

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skin tag

compound heterozygosity

second-degree relative

MLPA

autosomal dominant inheritance

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

third-degree relative

exon

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