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Pronunciation: /orchidectomy*/

orchidectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove one or both testicles. Also called orchiectomy.

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adrenocorticotropic-secreting tumor

indium In 111-pentetreotide

oropharynx

Gilotrif

stage II distal bile duct cancer

extraskeletal Ewing tumor

missense mutation

trauma

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radiosensitizer RRx-001

allogeneic multivirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

chk2 inhibitor PHI-101

cantuzumab ravtansine

Temsirolimus

audencel

enavatuzumab

inotersen

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late or variable onset

translation

epigenetics

indeterminate result

variant of unknown significance

genetic marker

phenocopy

pathogenic variant

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