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Pronunciation: /thoracentesis*/

thoracentesis

Definition

Removal of fluid from the pleural cavity through a needle inserted between the ribs.

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histiocytic neoplasm

epidermis

infantile rickets

Ro 50-3821

3-dimensional

IMMU-106

tendon

meningeal leukemia

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zosuquidar trihydrochloride

Bushen Culuan decoction

anti-AGS-5 antibody-drug conjugate ASG-5ME

gallium citrate Ga 67

Fluorofur

iodine I 131 monoclonal antibody 81C6

HLA-A*2402-restricted VEGFR1 peptide vaccine

autologous 19-28z/IL-18 CAR T lymphocytes

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screening

haploinsufficiency

variable expressivity

D’Amico criteria

deoxyribonucleic acid

uninformative result

trichilemmoma

frameshift variant

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