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DIFFUSELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a diffuse manner
Example:
the arteries were diffusely narrowed
Classified under:
Pertainym:
diffuse (spread out; not concentrated in one place)
Context examples:
A diffusely infiltrating, WHO grade III astrocytoma with focal or dispersed anaplasia, and a marked proliferative potential.
(Anaplastic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
She could not enter into the wrongs of an economist, but she felt all the injuries of beauty in Mrs. Grant's being so well settled in life without being handsome, and expressed her astonishment on that point almost as often, though not so diffusely, as Mrs. Norris discussed the other.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A non-lymphoid hematopoietic neoplasm that diffusely involves hematopoietic tissue, generally both the spleen and bone marrow; Comment: Additional descriptor may be applied if appropriate: Acute; Comment: Additional descriptor may be applied if appropriate: Therapy Related; Comment: Additional descriptor may be applied if appropriate: With Multilineage Dysplasia; Disorder exhibits additional aspect of malignancy in appearance or behavior; Mice exhibit anemia, neutropenia, and/or thrombocytopenia; Neoplastic cells are disseminated; Non-lymphoid hematopoietic cells are increased in spleen (generally in both bone marrow and spleen)
(Mouse Non-lymphoid Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
