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Pronunciation: /lavage*/

lavage

Definition

In medicine, washing out an organ (such as the stomach or colon), a body cavity, or a wound by flushing it with a fluid. Also called irrigation.

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infantile hemangiopericytoma

eribulin mesylate

yeast infection

PLL

stage IV esophageal adenocarcinoma

dextromethorphan acetic acid

transurethral electrovaporization of the prostate

differentiation syndrome

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paclitaxel polymeric micelle formulation NANT-008

botensilimab

attenuated Listeria monocytogenes ANZ-100

anti-CLDN6 CAR T cells

therapeutic invariant natural killer T cells

sirolimus topical gel PTX-022

personalized neoantigen plasmid DNA melanoma vaccine EVX-02

Idamycin

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biallelic

screening

proband

transcription

locus

deleterious mutation

onychodystrophy

translation

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