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Combining form relating to hearing. As in acoustic, otoacoustic emission test, and presbyacousia
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- Tumor, ear Benign (noncancerous) bumps on the pinna of the ear (the external ear) or within the external ear canal. Most…
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- Fluorouracil A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…
- Genomics, structural The study of the proteome, the three-dimensional structures of all of the proteins produced by a species. In…
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