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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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inviable

collagen

lysis

Klinefelter syndrome

black snakeroot

pylorus

modality

transplantation

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autologous HPV-16/18 E6/E7-specific TGF-beta-resistant T lymphocytes

DDX5 degrader FL118

EGFR T790M antagonist BPI-15086

allogeneic cytokine-induced memory-like NK cells WU-NK-101

Listeria monocytogenes-LLO-PSA vaccine ADXS31-142

pan-HER/VEGFR2 receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor BMS-690514

G protein-coupled estrogen receptor agonist LNS8801

Prialt

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inherited cancer syndrome

mucosal neuroma

presymptomatic testing

sebaceoma

genome-wide association study

cascade genetic testing

point mutation

germline variant

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