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Pronunciation: /metaplasia*/

metaplasia

Definition

A change of cells to a form that does not normally occur in the tissue in which it is found.

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invasive lobular carcinoma

Stivarga

isatuximab

genetic infantile agranulocytosis

chordoma

lometrexol

phototesting

pancreatic juice

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dextromethorphan/bupropion tablet AXS-05

anti-CD32B monoclonal antibody BI-1607

Crysvita

supinoxin

recombinant EphB4-HSA fusion protein

orantinib

licartin

Phosphoral

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single nucleotide polymorphism

autosomal dominant inheritance

third-degree relative

chromosome

constitutional DNA

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

trichilemmoma

unclassified variant

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