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Pronunciation: /trephine*/

trephine

Definition

A surgical tool used to cut out circular pieces of bone or other tissue.

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stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

implant displacement views

Merkel cell cancer

futibatinib

electrodermal response

stereotactic radiosurgery

ultraviolet radiation therapy

hydrazine sulfate

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Exjade

dapsone gel, 5%

Stivarga

recombinant EphB4-HSA fusion protein

CVP Regimen

ravuconazole

human immunoglobulin G

anti-globo H monoclonal antibody OBI-888

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kindred

linkage

predisposing mutation

loss of heterozygosity

consultand

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

deletion

cosegregation

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