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Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmpəl nephrectomy*/

simple nephrectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove one kidney.

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compression

stage II childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma

18F-NaF PET

trauma

complete androgen blockade

myelomatosis

upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

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monoclonal antibody 3H1 anti-idiotype vaccine

Solatene

Coffea arabica extract

ganciclovir

mutant p53 activator COTI-2

Stanford V regimen

bispecific antibody AMG 994

Ultomiris

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locus

loss of heterozygosity

frameshift variant

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

locus heterogeneity

genotyping

polygenic risk score

MLPA

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