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Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlənɪn/

melanin

Definition

A pigment that gives color to skin and eyes and helps protect it from damage by ultraviolet light.

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inguinal orchiectomy

undescended testicles

skinning vulvectomy

cardiotoxicity

E7070

biological

ABT-263

TAE

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allogeneic TCR alpha/beta-positive T lymphocyte-depleted peripheral blood stem cells

Zipan

Rebetol

allogeneic large multivalent immunogen breast cancer vaccine

therapeutic autologous dendritic cells

picropodophyllin

fluorine F 18 d-FMAU

CD44v6-specific CAR-T cells

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heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

variable expressivity

cutaneous leiomyoma

linkage analysis

germline DNA

epigenetic alteration

founder mutation

unaffected individual

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