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Pronunciation: /omentum*/

omentum

Definition

A fold of the peritoneum (the thin tissue that lines the abdomen) that surrounds the stomach and other organs in the abdomen.

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core biopsy

Relistor

black snakeroot

BBIC

endocrine cancer

MEK gene

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

testicular sperm extraction

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olinvacimab

remimazolam

monoclonal antibody 3F8

fosbretabulin tromethamine

autologous CLTX-targeted CAR T lymphocytes CHM 1101

anti-HA epitope monoclonal antibody MEDI8852

fenretinide lipid matrix

anti-neuropilin-1 monoclonal antibody MNRP1685A

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first-degree relative

family cancer syndrome

D’Amico criteria

autosomal

multigene panel test

X-linked recessive inheritance

heterozygous genotype

copy number variant

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