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palpation

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Pronunciation: /palpation*/

palpation

Definition

Examination by pressing on the surface of the body to feel the organs or tissues underneath.

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colorectal adenoma

anterior mediastinotomy

excisional biopsy

nilotinib

magnetic resonance imaging

hematocrit

Schedule I drug

watchful waiting

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anti-cMET/EGFR/VEGF trispecific antibody TAVO412

Nasacort

anti-CCR7 antibody-drug conjugate JBH492

Bead Block Compressible Microspheres

doxorubicin-loaded EGFR-targeting nanocells

Jadenu

Avlosulfon

Endep

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deoxyribonucleic acid

variant of unknown significance

trinucleotide repeat

throughput

variable expressivity

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

noninferiority study

indeterminate result

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