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Pronunciation: /ˈrɛktəm/

rectum

Definition

The last several inches of the large intestine closest to the anus.

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dose-limiting

radium Ra 223-dichloride

Corynebacterium granulosum

performance status

stage I colorectal cancer

rash

garden heliotrope

phenytoin sodium

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metarrestin

elacytarabine

derazantinib

individualized MVA-based vaccine TG4050

deslorelin acetate

eflornithine hydrochloride ointment

Recombivax HB

iodine I 131 tenatumomab

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allele

genetic susceptibility

polymerase chain reaction

disease-causing mutation

new mutation

autosomal dominant inheritance

metachronous cancer

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