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trephine

Definition

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

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fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan

lysosome

glandular cell of the cervix

Oncotype DX ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) assay

leukemia

Vesanoid

cerebrovascular accident

peer review process

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Danocrine

saline

insulin, NPH

Maxipime

Kava-based supplement

synthetic plumbagin PCUR-101

anti-K-RAS G12V mTCR-transduced autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes

long PD-L1 peptide vaccine

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Southern blot

pseudogene

loss of heterozygosity

translation

somatic mutation

variable expressivity

recurrence risk

new mutation

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