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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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oxidative stress

transperineal template-guided prostate mapping biopsy

CRP

duodenitis

asbestosis

Augmentin

lower jaw bone

pipe

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PSA RNA-pulsed dendritic cell vaccine

sevoflurane

tildrakizumab

GD2 lactone/GD3 lactone-KLH conjugate bivalent vaccine

NY-ESO-1-specific CD4-positive T lymphocytes

Sufenta

autologous melanoma lysate/KLH-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

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recurrence risk

hereditary cancer syndrome

familial

nonpenetrance

sensitivity

novel variant

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

autosomal dominant inheritance

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