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Pronunciation: /ˈvɛntɪˌleɪtər/

ventilator

Definition

In medicine, a machine used to help a patient breathe. Also called respirator.

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stage III medullary thyroid cancer

perioperative

tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10B

wide local excision

rattlesnake root

testicular tissue freezing

deficient DNA mismatch repair

prostration

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Aygestin

LAIR-2 fusion protein NC410

Aquadiol

Anktiva

recombinant human papillomavirus nonavalent vaccine

ProstAtak

neoantigen-encoding personalized virus-2

Solaraze

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trinucleotide repeat

variant of uncertain significance

unaffected individual

informed consent

oral papilloma

genodermatosis

epigenetics

LOH

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