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Pronunciation: /ˈsərʤəri/

surgery

Definition

A procedure to remove or repair a part of the body or to find out whether disease is present. Also called operation.

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meningeal metastasis

systemic scleroderma

immunoconjugate therapy

HPV

biliary cirrhosis

NF-kappa B

cadmium

Unituxin

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F-18 16 alpha-fluoroestradiol

D-PLEX

engineered human umbilical vein endothelial cells AB-205

Riabni

synthetic long E6 peptide-Toll-like receptor ligand conjugate vaccine ISA201

quinine

anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 bispecific antibody LY3434172

denenicokin

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mode of inheritance

mutation

late or variable onset

summary logarithm of the odds score

LOH

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

multigene panel test

polygenic risk score

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