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Pronunciation: /pəˈtərnəl/

paternal

Definition

Having to do with the father, coming from the father, or related through the father.

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port-a-cath

first-in-human study

Herceptin Hylecta

multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor ABT-869

watchful waiting

gavage

nasogastric tube

stage IVC maxillary sinus cancer

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Winobanin

sodium thiosulfate

indium In 111 monoclonal antibody HuJ591

CD133 antigen peptide-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

vosilasarm

Sam68 modulator CWP232291

HIF-1alpha inhibitor PX-478

CD3+/CD19+ cell-depleted unrelated or partially matched donor-derived allogeneic peripheral blood stem cells

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heteroduplex analysis

PPV

polygenic risk score

third-degree relative

HLOD score

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

new mutation

positive predictive value

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