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Pronunciation: /lobectomy*/

lobectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove a whole lobe (section) of an organ (such as the lungs, liver, brain, or thyroid gland).

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external-beam radiation therapy

antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

ethmoid sinus

grading

amiodarone hydrochloride

relative survival rate

Adstiladrin

aspirate

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interleukin-15 fusion protein BJ-001

pan-PI3K/mTOR inhibitor SF1126

mycophenolate mofetil

pan-RAF inhibitor JZP815

Sec61 inhibitor KZR-261

batoclimab

iodine I 124-labeled anti-PSCA A11 minibody

aminobenzoate potassium

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variant of uncertain significance

missense variant

haploinsufficiency

MLPA

deoxyribonucleic acid

next-generation sequencing

linkage analysis

chromosomal instability

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