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Pronunciation: /parathyroidectomy*/

parathyroidectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove one or more parathyroid glands (four pea-sized organs found on the thyroid).

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bombesin

hyperalimentation

TCM

vascularized autologous bone graft

GVHD

vitamin Q10

stage III salivary gland cancer

osteosarcoma

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anti-programmed cell death protein 1 antibody expressing pluripotent killer T lymphocytes

Uniformly-labeled [13C]glucose

polaprezinc

Urolene Blue

NFE2L2/KEAP1/CUL3 mutant-targeting agent MGY825

Betalin 12

autologous HBV-specific TCR-redirected T lymphocytes

Pregnyl

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inversion

chromosome

null allele

autosomal recessive inheritance

point variant

sporadic cancer

splice-site variant

logarithm of the odds score

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