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Pronunciation: /peritoneum*/

peritoneum

Definition

The tissue that lines the abdominal wall and covers most of the organs in the abdomen.

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Herceptin Hylecta

melanoma vaccine

GC1008

PID

survivorship

uterine cancer

DACA

cryoablation

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fluorine F 18 dasatinib

dexanabinol

antibody-drug conjugate SC-004

lemzoparlimab

anti-dectin-2 agonist monoclonal antibody BDC-3042

anti-OX40 agonist monoclonal antibody ABBV-368

Picato

ruxotemitide

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susceptibility gene mutation

compound heterozygosity

negative predictive value

variable expressivity

summary logarithm of the odds score

cascade testing

telomere

loss of heterozygosity

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