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Pronunciation: /ˈsɛdətɪv/

sedative

Definition

A drug or substance used to calm a person down, relieve anxiety, or help a person sleep.

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hypohidrosis

denial

acquired pure red cell aplasia

antisense RNA

Velcade

stage III thymoma

synthetic human secretin

furanocoumarin

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BCMA-specific universal CAR-expressing T lymphocytes LCAR-BCX

Aurimmune

fluorescence imaging agent EMI-137

sumatriptan succinate

abivertinib

multi-antigen-directed autologous T cells NEXI-002

lactobacillus fermented extract

WT1-H/K-HELP-survivin-H/K-HELP-MAGE-A4-H ⁄ K-HELP-MUC1-22 peptide-loaded autologous dendritic cells

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genetic predisposition

cutaneous leiomyoma

null allele

synchronous cancer

segregation analysis

inversion

recurrence risk

missense variant

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