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Pronunciation: /thrombectomy*/

thrombectomy

Definition

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

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ibritumomab tiuxetan

CSF

capillary malformation

ductal intraepithelial neoplasia

pleurectomy

nonmelanoma skin carcinoma in situ on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)

stage IIB non-small cell lung cancer

DA-EPOCH-R regimen

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copper Cu 64-DOTA-rituximab

NY-ESO-1-specific CD4-positive T lymphocytes

glucuronic acid

ceftaroline fosamil

lead Pb 212 TCMC-trastuzumab

anti-CD38/CD3 bispecific monoclonal antibody GBR 1342

dendritic cell-idiotype-keyhole limpet hemocyanin vaccine

PH20 hyaluronidase-expressing adenovirus VCN-01

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loss of heterozygosity

second-degree relative

deletion

Sanger sequencing

DNA

biallelic

founder variant

missense mutation

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