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Pronunciation: /lysosome*/

lysosome

Definition

A sac-like compartment inside a cell that has enzymes that can break down cellular components that need to be destroyed.

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percutaneous ethanol injection

immunoglobulin

hydrocarbon

electrocardiogram

lumpectomy

Inlyta

stage III nonmelanoma skin cancer on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)

ASPS

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Multiferon

technetium Tc 99m hydroxydiphosphonate

mTORC1/mTORC2 inhibitor XL388

gemcitabine-releasing intravesical system

mTORC1 kinase inhibitor RMC-5552

BCL-2 inhibitor ZN-d5

therapeutic bacterial strain CJRB-101

NEDD8 activating enzyme E1 inhibitor TAS4464

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single nucleotide polymorphism

nucleotide

NGS

GWAS

trichilemmoma

congenital

chromosome

biallelic

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