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BARTHOLIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)

Synonyms:

Bartholin; Caspar Bartholin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

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 Context examples: 

A carcinoma that arises from the Bartholin gland and is characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells and malignant squamous epithelial cells.

(Bartholin Gland Adenosquamous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the Bartholin gland.

(Bartholin Gland Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, benign neoplasm that arises from the Bartholin gland and is characterized by the presence of a fibromuscular stroma and glands lined by mucin-secreting epithelial cells, arranged in a lobular architecture.

(Bartholin Gland Adenomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the Bartholin gland.

(Bartholin Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)