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Pronunciation: /villus*/

villus

Definition

A tiny hair-like projection, often on the surface of mucous membranes. The plural is villi.

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nolatrexed

menses

vitality

recombinant human papillomavirus bivalent vaccine

biological therapy

clinical resistance

chronic lung disease

chronic disease

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EGb761

tyrosine kinase inhibitor XL228

human hepatitis B virus immune globulin

Aurora A kinase inhibitor JAB-2485

tetrodotoxin

anti-netrin-1 monoclonal antibody NP137

anti-CD48/MMAE antibody-drug conjugate SGN-CD48A

aldoxorubicin

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germline DNA

hemizygous

positive predictive value

germline mosaicism

constitutional DNA

Ashkenazi Jews

nail dystrophy

GWAS

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