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Pronunciation: /pepsinogen*/

pepsinogen

Definition

A substance made by cells in the stomach. Acid in the stomach changes pepsinogen to pepsin, which breaks down proteins in food during digestion.

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polypeptide

measles virus

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

epirubicin hydrochloride

MEN2B syndrome

genetic marker

QA

GAD

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acalabrutinib

anti-TAG-72 monoclonal antibody CC49-streptavidin conjugate

RepHresh

synthetic brain tumor peptides-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

autologous HPV16/HPV18/Survivin-specific CD8+ T cells NEXI-003

cereblon modulator TQB3820

thorium Th 227 anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody BAY2701439

Brimarafenib

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late or variable onset

polymerase chain reaction

kindred

D’Amico criteria

pathognomonic

inversion

variant of unknown significance

polymorphism

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