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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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chorioepithelioma

C cell

Gleason score

DNA intercalating agent

normal range

stage I transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter

autoimmune condition

diagnostic technique

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DNA polymerase theta inhibitor GSK4524101

ropidoxuridine

guselkumab

SIRP-alpha Fc fusion protein IMM01

Fragmin V

cetuximab-IRDye 800

ledipasvir mixture with sofosbuvir

WT1-A10/AS01B immunotherapeutic GSK2130579A

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disease-causing mutation

aneuploidy

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

pseudogene

deleterious mutation

band

de novo variant

nonsense variant

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