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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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XELIRI regimen

mediastinoscopy

bacterial toxin

emitefur

stage I adult soft tissue sarcoma of the trunk, arms, and legs

iobenguane scan

negative predictive value

needle localization

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fimaporfin

ACNU 50

Bendeka

Alinia

Keflin

allogeneic CD123-specific universal CAR123-expressing T lymphocytes

brexucabtagene autoleucel

valacyclovir hydrochloride

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hereditary cancer syndrome

LOH

de novo mutation

inconclusive result

splice-site variant

mucosal neuroma

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

locus heterogeneity

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