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Pronunciation: /ˈɔnˌsɛt əv ˈækʃən/

onset of action

Definition

The length of time it takes for a medicine to start to work.

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cone biopsy

surgeon

cytotoxic agent

penetrance

OSI-906

graft-versus-host disease

chloroma

Scemblix

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iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine

Lactobacillus acidophilus/Streptococcus thermophilus/Bifidobacterium lactis/L. rhamnosus/B. longum/B. bifidum-based probiotic supplement

allogeneic natural killer cells PB103

uridine phosphorylase inhibitor TK-112690

methylnaltrexone

NY-ESO-B

autologous anti-BCMA-CAR-4-1BB-CD3zeta-expressing CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes JCARH125

CD56-enriched CD3-positive donor lymphocytes

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Ashkenazi Jews

null allele

epigenetic variant

noninferiority study

risk assessment

haploinsufficiency

synchronous cancer

haplotype

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