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Pronunciation: /ˈtɑnsɪl/

tonsil

Definition

One of two small masses of lymphoid tissue on either side of the throat.

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occupational therapist

adrenal medulla

SNX-5422

aqueous

umbilical cord blood

Klatskin tumor

subset analysis

nocebo

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anti-HER2 dendritic cell vaccine

glutamine

anti-GDF-15 monoclonal antibody AZD8853

PlasmaLyte-A

domvanalimab

IL13Ralpha2-specific hinge-optimized 41BB-co-stimulatory CAR truncated CD19-expressing autologous T-lymphocytes

FUDF

N-dihydrogalactochitosan

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allelic heterogeneity

fibrofolliculoma

new mutation

hereditary predisposition

epigenetics

trichilemmoma

germline DNA

nonsense mutation

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