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nerve block

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Pronunciation: /nərv blɑk/

nerve block

Definition

A procedure in which medicine is injected directly into or around a nerve or into the spine to block pain.

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intravaginal

optic tract

1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

meningococcal vaccine

polyglutamate camptothecin

stage I adult soft tissue sarcoma of the retroperitoneum

constitutional DNA

systemic mastocytosis with associated hematologic neoplasm

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asciminib hydrochloride

methionine C 11

ranimustine

pixantrone dimaleate

personalized ALL-specific multi-HLA-binding peptide vaccine

elsamitrucin

pirotinib

5-fluorouracil/salicylic acid topical solution

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multigene panel test

linkage disequilibrium

antioncogene

next-generation sequencing

single nucleotide polymorphism

D’Amico criteria

linkage

X-linked recessive inheritance

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