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CIRCUMSCRIBED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to limits or subjected to limits
Synonyms:
circumscribed; limited
Classified under:
Similar:
restricted (subject to restriction or subjected to restriction)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb circumscribe
Context examples:
A benign circumscribed tumor characterized by small spindle cells, rounded hyperchromatic cells and multinucleated giant cells with radially arranged nuclei.
(Pleomorphic Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A WHO grade I, relatively circumscribed, slowly growing, often cystic astrocytoma occurring in children and young adults.
(Pilocytic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Localized circumscribed purulent area of inflammation in the periodontal tissue.
(Periodontal Abscess, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A WHO grade I, indolent and relatively circumscribed brain tumor.
(Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A neoplastic process characterized by a diffuse poorly circumscribed overgrowth of adipose tissue in the pelvic region.
(Pelvic Lipomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign, malignant, or borderline circumscribed biphasic neoplasm that arises from the breast.
(Breast Phyllodes Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a multinodular poorly circumscribed tumor, characterized by the presence of multinucleated giant cells, mononuclear histiocyte-like cells, and spindle fibroblast-like cells arranged in a plexiform pattern.
(Chest Wall Plexiform Fibrohistiocytic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign, circumscribed proliferation of melanocytes in the skin.
(Benign Melanocytic Skin Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)
A usually unilateral, benign and well circumscribed biphasic neoplasm that arises from the breast.
(Benign Breast Phyllodes Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign, circumscribed fibroepithelial neoplasm of the breast.
(Benign Phyllodes Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
