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Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪntmənt/

ointment

Definition

A substance used on the skin to soothe or heal wounds, burns, rashes, scrapes, or other skin problems. Also called unguent.

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

racism

stage IV renal cell cancer

blood

blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia

skinning vulvectomy

L-carnitine

anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitor

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Minozac

therapeutic hydrocortisone

IVAC mutanome vaccine

Exherin

anti-CD117/amanitin antibody-drug conjugate MGTA-117

adenovirus-encoding E.coli PNP

bupropion hydrochloride controlled-release

Zaditor

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multigene test

unclassified variant

single nucleotide variant

nonpenetrance

pathogenic variant

germline

TNBC

triple-negative breast cancer

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