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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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nurse practitioner

clinical series

polyethylene glycosylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor

cell-cell signaling

semiparasitic

Herzuma

hormone responsive

perivascular tumor

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anti-DR5 agonist monoclonal antibody TRA-8

anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody MEDI0680

Ets-family transcription factor inhibitor TK216

eryaspase

veliparib

pidilizumab

autologous anti-HER2 CAR T cells

anti-AXL monoclonal antibody-MMAE conjugate

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attributable risk

next-generation sequencing

triple-negative breast cancer

deoxyribonucleic acid

HLOD score

exon

WGS

massively parallel sequencing

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