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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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AG-013736

acustimulation

research study

plasma membrane

percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage

cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

virus replication cycle

choriocarcinoma

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acylfulvene-derived prodrug LP-184

protein arginine methyltransferase 5 inhibitor PRT543

anti-PD-1/anti-TGFbRII bispecific antibody INCA33890

personalized neoantigen plasmid DNA melanoma vaccine EVX-02

Proglycem

Chinese herbal formulation LC09

peppermint oil-containing enteric-coated microspheres

Norplant

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phenotype

hereditary cancer syndrome

mucosal neuroma

linkage analysis

MSI

single nucleotide variant

nonsense mutation

chromosome

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