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Pronunciation: /prɪˈvɛnɪv/

preventive

Definition

Used to prevent disease.

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germicide

Nuvigil

analgesia

retrospective study

CCI-779

dilation and curettage

sinusoidal obstruction syndrome

LY231514

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tempol-containing MBM-02

Fleet Phospho-soda

6-azauridine

recombinant interleukin-18

Hsp90 inhibitor AB-010

Narcan

vudalimab

Maitake mushroom extract

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splice-site mutation

indeterminate result

affected individual

cascade testing

cutaneous leiomyoma

somatic mutation

TNBC

genetic anticipation

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