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trephine

Definition

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

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aluminum

MRL

mainstream smoke

wound, ostomy, and continence nurse

HER1 gene

extrahepatic bile duct

OED

MSH2 gene

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autologous anti-NY-ESO-1 TCR/dnTGF-BRII-expressing T cells GSK3845097

CD40 agonist monoclonal antibody CP-870,893

Sarclisa

piroxicam

therapeutic autologous dendritic cells

anti-CD19 cord blood-derived CAR-NK cells

Agaricus blazei Murill extract

aprutumab ixadotin

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WES

penetrance

chromosome

microsatellite

whole genome sequencing

disease-causing mutation

MSI

mutation

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