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Pronunciation: /thrombectomy*/

thrombectomy

Definition

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

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secretin

Zaltrap

852A

carboplatin-Taxol

adverse event

fractionation

uveitis

MORAb-009

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androgen receptor inhibitor EPI-7386

conjugated linoleic acid

EGFR/CD3-targeting T-cell engaging molecule TAK-186

BCMA-targeted LCAR-BCDR cells

Epival

recombinant tyrosinase-related protein-2

rociletinib

Chinese herbs

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nonsense variant

SNV

susceptibility gene mutation

somatic mutation

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

founder variant

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

tumor DNA sequencing

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