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Pronunciation: /pæp/

PAP

Definition

An enzyme produced by the prostate. It may be found in increased amounts in men who have prostate cancer. Also called prostatic acid phosphatase.

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idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

ABR test

glomerulonephritis

drug abuse

growth hormone

ondansetron hydrochloride

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome

skeleton

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pan-TRK/ROS1 dual inhibitor XZP-5955

EED inhibitor BR1733

partially engineered T-regulatory cell donor graft TRGFT-201

AmBisome

NY-ESO-1 plasmid DNA cancer vaccine

Wee1 inhibitor APR-1051

allogeneic multivirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

lacutamab

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epigenetic alteration

point variant

locus heterogeneity

haploinsufficiency

translocation

third-degree relative

band

splice-site variant

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