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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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distal pancreatectomy

intrapericardial chemotherapy

nonprescription

Biomed 101

disability insurance

stage I nonmelanoma skin cancer on the eyelid

transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

cecum

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autologous prostate stem cell antigen-specific CAR T cells BPX-601

anti-CD30/DM1 antibody-drug conjugate F0002

emfizatamab

betrixaban

midazolam-containing buccal liquid

gp100 antigen

orelabrutinib

GD2-CAR-expressing autologous T-lymphocytes

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indeterminate result

heteroduplex analysis

translation

massively parallel sequencing

hereditary cancer syndrome

PRS

splice-site variant

copy number variant

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