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guaiac

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003686

A substance from a type of tree called Guaiacum that grows in the Caribbean. Guaiac is used in the fecal occult blood test (a test for blood in human stool samples).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003686
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003686",
  "term": "guaiac",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A substance from a type of tree called Guaiacum that grows in the Caribbean. Guaiac is used in the fecal occult blood test (a test for blood in human stool samples).",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/guaiac/"
}

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