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Pronunciation: /tracheostomy* ˈbətən/

tracheostomy button

Definition

A 0.5-inch- to 1.5-inch-long plastic tube placed in a surgically created opening (tracheostomy) in the windpipe to keep it open.

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somatostatin receptor scintigraphy

proton pump inhibitor

blister

graft-versus-host disease

mocetinostat

Reglan

Namenda

guanine

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calcium release-activated channels inhibitor RP4010

anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody BCD-245

Vagestrol

Concentraid

anti-LAG-3/anti-PD-L1 bispecific antibody IBI323

decitabine

allogeneic CD34-positive E-rosetted T-cell depleted peripheral blood stem cells

recombinant human papillomavirus 11-valent vaccine

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heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

sister chromatid exchange

variable expressivity

epigenetic variant

genetic screening

frameshift variant

linkage

germline

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