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HIGH-GRADE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surpassing in quality
Example:
top-grade ore
Synonyms:
high-grade; top-grade; top-quality
Classified under:
Similar:
best ((superlative of 'good') having the most positive qualities)
Context examples:
A high-grade, aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the head and neck region.
(Head and Neck Basaloid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
CIN 3 is sometimes called high-grade or severe dysplasia.
(CIN 3, NCI Dictionary)
CIN 2 is sometimes called high-grade or moderate dysplasia.
(CIN 2, NCI Dictionary)
ASC-H may be a sign of a high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), which may become cervical cancer if untreated.
(ASC-H, NCI Dictionary)
Aberrant expression of the gene is associated with both prostate adenocarcinomas and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.
(CARM1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 2 is sometimes called high-grade or moderate dysplasia.
(Cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 2, NCI Dictionary)
Cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 3 is sometimes called high-grade or severe dysplasia.
(Cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 3, NCI Dictionary)
An aggressive, high-grade and poorly differentiated carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation that arises from the appendix.
(Appendix Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called high-grade lymphoma and intermediate-grade lymphoma.
(Aggressive lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude a high-grade lesion may be a sign of a high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), which may become cervical cancer if untreated.
(Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude a high-grade lesion, NCI Dictionary)
