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Pronunciation: /somatic* sɛl/

somatic cell

Definition

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

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stage IV colorectal cancer

tacrolimus

stage II gestational trophoblastic neoplasia

exisulind

T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia

gonioscopy

islet cell carcinoma

oral potentially malignant disorder

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iodine I 131 MIP-1095

synthetic brain tumor peptides-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

Orotecan

cell cycle checkpoint/DNA repair antagonist IC83

opaganib

SHP2 inhibitor ET0038

anti-CD19-CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing natural killer cells

human acellular dermal matrix

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negative predictive value

nonsense variant

familial

germline

epigenetic variant

autosomal

linkage analysis

false-positive result

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