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Pronunciation: /tracheostomy*/

tracheostomy

Definition

Surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy.

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metaplastic carcinoma

oligodendrocyte

germicide

CPR

invasive cancer

Glucophage

Arzerra

axillary dissection

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CEA-targeting agent RG6123

allogeneic virus-specific T lymphocytes R-MVST

IDH1R132H mutation-targeting IDH1 peptide vaccine

izuralimab

dendritic cell-MART-1 peptide vaccine

Wytensin

Anti-CD147 Monoclonal Antibody DS-1471

autologous anti-CD19CAR-CD28tm/4-1BB/CD3zeta-HER2tG-expressing CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes SCRI-huCAR19v1

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sumLOD score

summary logarithm of the odds score

surveillance

single nucleotide variant

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

RNA splicing

susceptibility gene mutation

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