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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("crypt" is a kind of...):
burial chamber; sepulcher; sepulchre; sepulture (a chamber that is used as a grave)
Domain category:
church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)
Context examples:
Epithelial cell lining of a crypt.
(Crypt Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)
The increase in cell numbers is located in widespread crypts
(Diffuse Mucosal Hyperplasia of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Accumulation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in the mucosal crypts of the colon.
(Crypt Abscess, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of elongated serrated crypts and the absence of atypia or dysplasia.
(Appendix Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
Colon crypt cells renew the lining of the intestine and make mucus.
(Colon crypt, NCI Dictionary)
An intestinal tract lesion where one or more crypts are enlarged and elevated above the surrounding mucosa.
(Aberrant Crypt Foci of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus)
Aberrant crypt foci form before colorectal polyps and are one of the earliest changes that can be seen in the colon that may lead to cancer.
(Aberrant crypt foci, NCI Dictionary)
It is characterized by the presence of small cells in the crypts that do not contain mucin.
(Colorectal Mucin Poor Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
A larger than normal, microscopically elevated colonic crypt that may contain dysplastic epithelium.
(Aberrant Crypt Focus, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding indicating the presence of Barrett esophagus in which there is marked nuclear pleomorphism and loss of polarity, increased number of atypical mitotic figures, and crypt budding, branching, and crowding.
(High Grade Dysplasia in Barrett Esophagus, NCI Thesaurus)
