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Pronunciation: /thymine*/

thymine

Definition

A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA. It is a type of pyrimidine.

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proliferating

HER1

population study

iodine I 131-ethiodized oil

chemical imbalance

appendix

Leukeran

cytogenetics

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capecitabine rapidly disintegrating tablet

Panretin

PI3K inhibitor BGT226

aglatimagene besadenovec

autologous NY-ESO-1-melanoma-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes

adenoviral cancer vaccine PF-06936308

anti-SIRPa monoclonal antibody BI 765063

Parlodel

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somatic mutation

somatic variant

nonpenetrance

variable expressivity

frameshift mutation

epigenetics

NGS

fluorescence in situ hybridization

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