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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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oral dysplasia

radiation fibrosis

epcoritamab

TP-38 immunotoxin

Namenda

caregiver

historic cohort study

ionomycin

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mutant p53 peptide pulsed dendritic cell vaccine

copper Cu 64 anti-CEA monoclonal antibody M5A

Trileptal

iodine I 131 ethiodized oil

Lactobacillus rhamnosus/Lactobacillus reuteri probiotic supplement

Coly-Mycin

near-infrared imaging agent HS-196

allogeneic third-party suicide gene-transduced anti-HLA-DPB1*0401 CD4+ T cells CTL 19

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epigenetic variant

germline variant

screening

SNV

translocation

deleterious mutation

kindred

informed consent

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