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Pronunciation: /pneumonectomy*/

pneumonectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove all of one lung. In a partial pneumonectomy, one or more lobes of a lung are removed.

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WAGR syndrome

neuropathy

ursodiol

neurotoxicity

stage I malignant pleural mesothelioma

Numorphan

positive predictive value

granular cell tumor

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Yondelis

diethylstilbestrol

p53/HDM2 interaction inhibitor CGM097

MYC-targeting siRNA DCR-MYC

anti-CD19 antibody-drug conjugate SGN-CD19B

galactose

sodium thiosulfate formulation DB-020

Temsirolimus

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negative predictive value

penetrance

heterozygous genotype

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

risk assessment

affected individual

acrochordon

splice-site mutation

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