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Pronunciation: /thoracotomy*/
thoracotomy
Definition
An operation to open the chest.
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surrogate pregnancy
plaque
therapeutic angiotensin-(1-7)
antisense oligonucleotide therapy
economic burden
conventional mammography
gestational carrier
intestinal flora
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Tricor
CD-expressing bifidobacterium APS001F
boditrectinib
grape seed extract supplement
CD19x22 bicistronic CAR T cells
anti-programmed cell death protein 1 antibody expressing pluripotent killer T lymphocytes
pyruvate kinase M2 isoform activator TP-1454
FGFR4 inhibitor H3B-6527
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germline mutation
genetic marker
multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification
uninformative result
biallelic
clinical validity
proband
predisposing mutation
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