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Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪt/

palate

Definition

The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate).

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multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome

pralsetinib

renal fascia

contiguous

ATN-161

ureteronephrectomy

radiation recall

hepatitis B virus

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Stakel

Therapav

tropisetron hydrochloride

anti-CAIX CAR T cells

Hecoria

DPT/typhoid/Staphylococcus aureus/paratyphoid A/paratyphoid B vaccine

lutetium Lu 177 EB-PSMA-617

Montanide ISA 51 VG

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germline mosaicism

sebaceous epithelioma

loss of heterozygosity

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

missense mutation

WES

second-degree relative

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

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