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Pronunciation: /pleurectomy*/

pleurectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove part of the pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the interior wall of the chest cavity).

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chondrosarcoma

NHL

methyl alcohol

infiltrating breast cancer

monoclonal antibody HuM195

histologic grade

stage II Wilms tumor

von Hippel-Lindau disease

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molecular glue degrader GLB-001

LmddA-LLO-chHER2 fusion protein-secreting live-attenuated Listeria cancer vaccine ADXS31-164

mepivacaine hydrochloride

Wellbutrin XL

Diprivan

enadenotucirev-expressing FAP/CD3 bispecific FAP-TAc NG-641

meclofenamate sodium

p53 mutant reactivator APR-548

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congenital

second-degree relative

PRS

poikiloderma

whole genome sequencing

antioncogene

germline mutation

screening

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