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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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NCI clinical trials cooperative group

PI-88

obstetrics and gynecology

asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi

cardiopulmonary

Community Advisory Board

angiomyolipoma

AMH

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Namzaric

Vagifem

Iluyma

Prelone

liposome-incorporated Grb2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide

certolizumab pegol

LMP2-specific IL-12-secreting T cell receptor-transduced T lymphocytes

personalized neoepitope yeast vaccine YE-NEO-001

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inversion

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

screening

massively parallel sequencing

uninformative result

X-linked dominant inheritance

genetic heterogeneity

variant of unknown significance

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