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Pronunciation: /ˈɑptɪˌmɪzəm/

optimism

Definition

The tendency to believe that there is good in everything and to have positive thoughts about most things that happen.

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in situ

chorioblastoma

Papanicolaou test

axillary lymph node dissection

stage 4 neuroblastoma

cerebral hemisphere

Nrf2

genetic analysis

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MET kinase inhibitor OMO-1

retinyl acetate

zoster vaccine recombinant, adjuvanted

anti-CEA/anti-CEACAM6 antibody-drug conjugate EBC-129

multi-kinase inhibitorTPX-0022

synthetic long HPV16 E6/E7 peptides vaccine ISA101b

liposomal Bcl-2 antisense oligonucleotide BP1002

levonorgestrel

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heritability

nucleotide

MGPT

PRS

loss of heterozygosity

negative predictive value

false-positive result

multigene panel test

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