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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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mammography

5q minus syndrome

deferred therapy

laser interstitial thermal therapy

FOLFIRI-cetuximab

intrapelvic

ipsilateral

neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase gene fusion

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Filsuvez

venlafaxine hydrochloride extended release

HER-2/neu peptide vaccine

tetrahydrobiopterin

erenumab

autologous GM-CSF-secreting lethally irradiated pancreatic cancer vaccine

norethindrone acetate

IKZF2 protein degrader DKY709

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noninferiority study

deletion

novel variant

Sanger sequencing

RNA splicing

constitutional DNA

risk assessment

sensitivity

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