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Pronunciation: /ˈloʊkəs/

locus

Definition

Specific place where something is located or occurs. It may refer to a specific place on the body (such as an acupuncture point) or the place on a chromosome where a specific gene is found.

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inflammatory bowel disease

stage IVA salivary gland cancer

Proxinium

cordotomy

second primary cancer

seroprevalence

Schedule I controlled substance

oncolytic virus

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oxycodone hydrochloride/naloxone hydrochloride prolonged-release tablet

anti-BCMA SparX protein plus BCMA-directed anti-TAAG ARC T cells CART-ddBCMA

vatalanib

relaxin mimetic AZD5462

sufentanil citrate

anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody ALLO-647

pan-mutant-selective PI3K-alpha inhibitor RLY-5836

metatinib tromethamine

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loss of heterozygosity

indeterminate result

WXS

second-degree relative

deletion

new mutation

heritability

whole exome sequencing

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