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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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combination chemotherapy

intraductal papilloma

tumor load

interferon alfa-2b

hepatitis A virus

Jelmyto

saline

transarterial embolization

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abacavir sulfate

Pemazyre

Azedra

MPS1 kinase inhibitor NMS-01940153E

autologous Epstein-Barr virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

nelistotug

fluorine F 18 DASA-23

apixaban

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attributable risk

single nucleotide variant

splice-site mutation

family cancer syndrome

FDR

double heterozygosity

inherited predisposition

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

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