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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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trazodone

exocrine gland

gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Castleman disease

incidence

therapeutic (subthreshold) electrical stimulation

diaphragm

systematic biopsy

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allogeneic CRISPR-Cas9 engineered anti-CD19 CAR T cells CTX110

CLEC12A-targeting CCR/anti-ADGRE2 CAR T cells ADCLEC.syn1

adenosine A2B receptor antagonist TT-702

adenosine A2A receptor antagonist/phosphodiesterase 10A PBF-999

Slo-Phyllin

tetradecanoylphorbol acetate

melphalan flufenamide

Ancef

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consultand

clinical validity

surveillance

pseudogene

LD

MGPT

germline mosaicism

LOH

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