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Pronunciation: /mˈjukəs/

mucus

Definition

A thick, slippery fluid made by the membranes that line certain organs and body cavities, such as the nose, mouth, throat, lungs, stomach, and vagina.

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stereotactic ablative body radiation therapy

Prevacid

esophageal

torso

c-fos antisense oligonucleotide

genomic profiling

neuromyotonia

implant displacement views

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PPE-expressing replication-defective HSV-1 vector NP2

Metro I.V.

anti-GCC antibody-drug conjugate MLN0264

autologous tumor-associated peptide antigen-pulsed dendritic cell vaccine

retrovirus vector LN

Cannabis sativa extract

monoclonal antibody CAL

aspacytarabine

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onychodystrophy

Sanger sequencing

risk assessment

cutaneous lichen amyloidosis

positive predictive value

X-linked recessive inheritance

telomere

noninferiority study

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