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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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luminal A breast cancer

stage IVB hypopharyngeal cancer

pertussis

germicide

anti-TRAIL R2 mAb HGS-ETR2

sex cell

ovarian suppression

arterial embolization

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meclocycline sulfosalicylate

engineered PBLs

BRAF inhibitor LUT014

Bcl-2/Bcl-XL inhibitor LP-118

colestipol

anti-DLL3/CD3 bispecific antibody QLS31904

Targocid

copper Cu 67 ucasareotide dasaroxetan

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poikiloderma

gene

hereditary cancer syndrome

FDR

late or variable onset

locus

SNV

constitutional DNA

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