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xerostomia

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Pronunciation: /xerostomia*/

xerostomia

Definition

Dry mouth. It occurs when the body is not able to make enough saliva.

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preventive mastectomy

venetoclax

pathogenic variant

[18F]-labeled substance P antagonist receptor quantifier

epothilone ZK219477

stage I papillary and follicular thyroid cancer (55 years and older)

biologic agent

5-fluorouracil

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gallium Ga 68 AIP-301

miR-221 LNA inhibitor LNA-i-miR-221

ASP4132

gadolinium-chelate

girentuximab

nanoparticle-based manganese-containing contrast agent SN132D

ketorolac tromethamine

nipocalimab

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polymorphism

genetic heterogeneity

locus heterogeneity

biallelic

penetrance

germline

tumor suppressor gene

sumLOD score

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