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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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meningococcal vaccine

cephalosporin

skin graft

phytic acid

Schwann cell

HIV antibody

SU101

juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma

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NA17-A antigen

anti-ErbB2/anti-ErbB3 bispecific monoclonal antibody MM-111

Aurora A kinase inhibitor MK5108

indium In 111-autologous CMV-pp65-LAMP mRNA-loaded dendritic cells

IL-15/IL-15 receptor alpha heterodimer NIZ985

Vorinostat

white wine

tocotrienol-rich fraction

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sporadic cancer

aneuploidy

cascade testing

PRS

translation

cytogenetics

heritability

oral papilloma

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