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placenta

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Pronunciation: /pləˈsɛntə/

placenta

Definition

The organ that nourishes the developing fetus in the uterus.

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diabetes

ob/gyn

myelosuppressive therapy

homoharringtonine

Voltaren

PRCC

HIPEC

differentiating agent

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pegargiminase

APE1/Ref-1 redox inhibitor APX3330

Tepmetko

bardoxolone

sugammadex sodium

autologous anti-FLT3 CAR T cells AMG 553

near-infrared imaging agent HS-196

tenofovir

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carrier frequency

sister chromatid exchange

splice-site variant

double heterozygosity

nucleotide

X-linked dominant inheritance

phenotype

segregation analysis

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