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Pronunciation: /somatic* sɛl/

somatic cell

Definition

Any of the body cells except the reproductive (germ) cells.

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ependymal cell

cultured cell line

reverse transcription

stage IVB maxillary sinus cancer

temsirolimus

UV radiation

bucket trial

GEP-NET

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Cymbalta

Tecadriol

autologous cytoplasmic activated PD-1 CAR-Tcells

Dendrobium huoshanense granules

Praluent

sotrastaurin acetate

anti-HER2 antibody-drug conjugate BAT8010

molybdenum

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reduced penetrance

PCR

massively parallel sequencing

second-degree relative

WES

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

null allele

hypomelanosis

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