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Pronunciation: /rəˈfræktəri/

refractory

Definition

In medicine, describes a disease or condition that does not respond to treatment.

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side effect

risk group

auricular

nanoprobe

dehydration

carboplatin

reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

benzo(a)pyrene

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nucleoside analog DFP-10917

anti-nectin-4 antibody-drug conjugate ADRX-0706

Bcl-2 inhibitor ABBV-623

anti-CD117/amanitin antibody-drug conjugate MGTA-117

Resimmune

recombinant cell-surface anchored sialidase DAS181

norepinephrine, DL-

anti-ribonucleoprotein antibody ATRC-101

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locus

mode of inheritance

pseudogene

inherited cancer syndrome

sporadic cancer

multigene panel test

telomere

gene

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