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Pronunciation: /thrombectomy*/

thrombectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove a thrombus (blood clot) from a blood vessel.

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hives

melanotropin receptor

menin inhibitor

watchful waiting

optic nerve

stage III adult soft tissue sarcoma of the trunk, arms, and legs

TNFerade

exploratory surgery

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technetium Tc-99m sestamibi

Inapsine

brivanib alaninate

autologous CD123-4SCAR-expressing T cells 4SCAR123

lartesertib

gallium Ga 68-labeled tilmanocept

anti-B7H7 monoclonal antibody HBM1020

adenovirus 5 CEA/MUC1/brachyury vaccine Tri-Ad5

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PCR

MLPA

logarithm of the odds score

polygenic risk score

positive predictive value

epigenetics

specificity

pedigree

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