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Pronunciation: /nɛk ˈdaɪsɛkʃən/

neck dissection

Definition

Surgery to remove lymph nodes and other tissues in the neck.

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medroxyprogesterone acetate

biological profile

olfactory transduction

forodesine hydrochloride

NK cell

FDR

epidural

phase 2 clinical trial

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melanoma TRP2 CTL epitope vaccine SCIB1

Tecentriq

memantine

casopitant mesylate

Ziagen

anti-HER2 antibody-drug conjugate BAT8001

anti-CLDN18.2 CAR T cells LY011

autologous dendritic cells pulsed with MART-1 (26-35) peptide

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autosomal recessive inheritance

genetic counseling

sensitivity

haploinsufficiency

hypomelanosis

massively parallel sequencing

carrier frequency

gene

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