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Pronunciation: /ploidy*/

ploidy

Definition

The number of sets of chromosomes in a cell or an organism. For example, haploid means one set and diploid means two sets.

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palliative care specialist

tethered capsule endoscope

rolapitant hydrochloride

17p deletion

tricyclic antidepressant

MLN1202

grade 3 follicular lymphoma

stage IV endometrial cancer

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RIP1 inhibitor GDC-8264

caseinate protein isolate

pegylated liposomal mitoxantrone hydrochloride

CMF regimen

epothilone D

Corynebacterium parvum, Merieux

trained immunity natural killer cells IBR900

autologous anti-PD-1 antibody-activated tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

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nonsense variant

poikiloderma

mode of inheritance

massively parallel sequencing

RNA splicing

autosomal dominant inheritance

FISH

sebaceoma

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