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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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plasmacytoma

photosynthesis

antimetabolite

bereavement

nonspecific immunomodulating agent

nonopioid

stage 1 neuroblastoma

BPH

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lutetium Lu 177-DOTA-ABM-5G

TGF-beta receptor 1 inhibitor GFH018

biropepimut-S

fluorine F 18 florbetapir

ROS1 inhibitor JYP0322

bispecific antibody MDX447

rilimogene galvacirepvec

PK-R allosteric activator AG-348

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NGS

LOH

Southern blot

autosomal

frameshift mutation

loss of heterozygosity

incomplete penetrance

D’Amico criteria

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