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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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renal cell cancer

stage I thymoma

ribonucleic acid

mutation carrier

assessment

nitrocamptothecin

M200

x-ray therapy

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HPV E6/E7-encoding Semliki Forest virus vaccine Vvax001

budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate inhalation aerosol

anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody MIL95

iodine I 125

PI3K p110beta/delta inhibitor CVL237

Talzenna

pacritinib citrate

vaccinia virus (vvDD-CDSR)

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point mutation

homozygous genotype

deleterious mutation

acrochordon

germline

microsatellite

unaffected individual

Ashkenazi Jews

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