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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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surveillance

dense breast

high blood pressure

downstaging

systemic chemotherapy

ion

Paget disease of the nipple

kinase inhibitor

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crofelemer

Domolene-HC

multi-glioblastoma-peptide-targeting autologous dendritic cell vaccine ICT-107

gavocabtagene autoleucel

SVN53-67/M57-KLH peptide vaccine

budigalimab

Odomzo

topoisomerase I inhibitor Genz-644282

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translocation

onychodystrophy

missense variant

copy number variant

indeterminate result

germline mosaicism

LD

frameshift variant

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