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Pronunciation: /nitrosourea*/

nitrosourea

Definition

An anticancer drug that can cross the blood-brain barrier. Carmustine and lomustine are nitrosoureas.

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eribulin mesylate

slit-lamp biomicroscopy

compulsion

antiangiogenesis agent

falimarev

detoxify

prophylactic

ancestim

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birtamimab

autologous ALPG/ALPP-targeted anti-MSLN CAR-Fas/PTPN2 shRNA-miR-expressing T lymphocytes AB-1015

iodine I 131 TM-601

Zostavax

clarithromycin

autologous PD1-inhibiting anti-CD19 4-1BB CAR T cells

testosterone nasal gel

lutetium Lu 177 PP-F11N

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loss of heterozygosity

summary logarithm of the odds score

cutaneous lichen amyloidosis

telomere

germline mosaicism

massively parallel sequencing

screening

polygenic risk score

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