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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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Quadramet

alpha hydroxyl acid

hormonal therapy

Jevtana

viral therapy

USPSTF

dose-adjusted EPOCH-R

histiocytic neoplasm

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emavusertib

PARP/tankyrase inhibitor 2X-121

Juice Plus

lead Pb 212 TCMC-trastuzumab

CD73 inhibitor LY3475070

Stimuvax

allogeneic iC9/CD19-CAR-CD28-zeta-2A-IL15-transduced cord blood-derived natural killer cells TAK-007

anti-EpCAM/anti-4-1BB bispecific antibody BNT314

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fluorescence in situ hybridization

frameshift variant

pseudogene

late or variable onset

palmar pit

epimutation

synchronous cancer

base pair

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