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Pronunciation: /ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən/

observation

Definition

In medicine, watching a patient’s condition but not giving treatment unless symptoms appear or change.

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allopathic medicine

VAC-IE regimen

stage I nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer

free radical scavenger

stage IV endometrial stromal sarcoma

bronchoscopy

DES son

SNX-5422 mesylate

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Tysabri

rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin

topsalysin

Coriolus versicolor extract

anti-claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody LM-102

pUMVC3-hIGFBP-2 multi-epitope plasmid DNA vaccine

Helicobacter pylori therapeutic vaccine IMX101

Cyramza

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de novo mutation

triple-negative breast cancer

nonsense mutation

third-degree relative

exon

polygenic risk score

null allele

negative predictive value

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