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Pronunciation: /melanocyte*/

melanocyte

Definition

A cell in the skin and eyes that produces and contains the pigment called melanin.

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light therapy

gadolinium

chronic fatigue syndrome

ALH

image-guided radiation therapy

PR

death cap

JM 216

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cell cycle checkpoint/DNA repair antagonist IC83

Opdualag

donor-derived cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells

gallium Ga 68-DOTANOC

hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant)

Cepacol

Rhinocort

autologous anti-PRAME TCR/CD8alphabeta-expressing T cells IMA203CD8

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TDR

pathognomonic

multigene panel test

chromosomal instability

point variant

penetrance

pathogenic variant

insertion

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