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Pronunciation: /ostomy*/

ostomy

Definition

An operation to create an opening (a stoma) from an area inside the body to the outside. Colostomy and urostomy are types of ostomies.

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tandem transplant

SC-70935

motexafin gadolinium

precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia

follitropin

atypical ductal breast hyperplasia

radiation brachytherapy

pain threshold

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carcinoembryonic antigen peptide 1-6D virus-like replicon particles vaccine

Flebogamma DIF

TLR9 agonist DUK-CPG-001

toripalimab-tpzi

anti-HER2 ADC BB-1701

PD-L1 inhibitor BPI-371153

anti-FLT3 monoclonal antibody 4G8-SDIEM

superoxide dismutasemimetic GC4711

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genetic heterogeneity

domain

point variant

multigene panel test

missense variant

FDR

X-linked dominant inheritance

autosomal

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