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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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visual pathway glioma

counselor

lymphomatous leptomeningitis

tagraxofusp

Aventyl

intracolonic

virus-neutralizing antibody

Cometriq

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autologous lymphoma immunoglobulin-derived scFV-chemokine DNA vaccine

autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes cotransduced with retroviral vectors encoding inducible IL-12 and anti-NY-ESO-1 TCR

Bcr-Abl kinase inhibitor K0706

Altuviiio

adenoviral MUC1 vaccine ETBX-061

ocrelizumab

East Indian sandalwood oil cream

iron dextran complex

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risk assessment

phenotype

sebaceoma

missense mutation

haploinsufficiency

allele

genetic anticipation

TNBC

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