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uracil

Definition

A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of RNA. It is a type of pyrimidine.

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thyroidectomy

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

fulguration

stage I childhood Hodgkin lymphoma

psoralen

Indian saffron

gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach

intraperitoneal

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atorvastatin calcium

Thytropar

octreotide sustained-release formulation Debio 4126

indole-3-carbinol/calcium/Schizandra/vitamin D3/milk thistle/stinging nettle/lignan-based nutritional capsule

anti-FLT3/CD3 bispecific antibody CLN-049

avatrombopag maleate

Zyprexa

CT2584

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multigene panel test

multigene test

surveillance

third-degree relative

pathogenic variant

polymerase chain reaction

logarithm of the odds score

epigenetics

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