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Pronunciation: /ˌpɛnəˈsɪlən/

penicillin

Definition

A drug that is used to treat infection. It belongs to the family of drugs called antibiotics.

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radiation recall

clinical diagnosis

esomeprazole magnesium

losartan potassium

Dacogen

stage 0 nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus carcinoma in situ

virotherapy

Plummer-Vinson syndrome

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zilovertamab vedotin

MEK inhibitor RO4987655

anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody MW11

autologous human anti-CD19CAR-4-1BB-CD3zeta-EGFRt-expressing CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes

Rac/Cdc42 inhibitor MBQ-167

Amtagvi

autologous spermatogonial stem cells

alvespimycin hydrochloride

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onychodystrophy

sebaceous epithelioma

whole genome sequencing

attributable risk

new variant

founder variant

phenotype

antioncogene

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