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Definition

In medicine, an instrument that takes pictures of the inside of the body.

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organoid

cardiac catheterization

foscarnet sodium

interleukin-1-alfa

acitretin

proximal urethra

wide local excision

Gardasil 9

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FGFR4 inhibitor ICP-105

ROS1 inhibitor JYP0322

anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody-drug conjugate EO-3021

anti-CD70 antibody-drug conjugate PRO1160

figitumumab

galactomannan derivative

folate receptor-targeted vinca alkaloid/mitomycin C EC0225

Vonjo

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FDR

presymptomatic testing

specificity

linkage

Ashkenazi Jews

susceptibility gene mutation

nonsense mutation

risk assessment

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