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Pronunciation: /lignan*/

lignan

Definition

A member of a group of substances found in plants that have shown estrogenic and anticancer effects. Lignans have been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems.

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Actemra

urinary incontinence

tubulin

total nodal irradiation

stage IV gastric cancer

ferumoxtran-10

nonpenetrance

Zelboraf

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anti-ACTR/4-1BB/CD3zeta-viral vector-transduced autologous T lymphocytes ACTR087

halofuginone hydrobromide

Huaier extract granule

cofetuzumab pelidotin

netazepide

autologous lymphoma immunoglobulin-derived scFV-chemokine DNA vaccine

Aurimmune

ERK1/2 inhibitor KO-947

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fluorescence in situ hybridization

Sanger sequencing

polygenic risk score

family cancer syndrome

new variant

variant of uncertain significance

logarithm of the odds score

sister chromatid exchange

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