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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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HDAC inhibitor SNDX-275

investigational agent

VNP20009

anidulafungin

technician

cubic centimeter

immunocompromised

endocrinologist

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fluorescent dye LS301

opaganib

vaginal moisturizer

pegylated CD25/CD122-selective interleukin-2 mutein STK-012

disaccharide tripeptide glycerol dipalmitoyl

cofetuzumab pelidotin

anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody LZM009

fractalkine receptor antagonist KAND567

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genomic imprinting

biallelic

intron

deleterious mutation

cascade screening

linkage

multigene test

double heterozygosity

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