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PLEOMORPHIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characterized by pleomorphism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
pleomorphism ((biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms)
Derivation:
pleomorphism ((biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms)
pleomorphism ((chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound)
Context examples:
A morphologic variant of leiomyoma characterized by the presence of pleomorphic muscle cells with bizarre hyperchromatic nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm.
(Bizarre Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Characteristic features include pleomorphic and lipidized cells expressing GFAP and often surrounded by a reticulin network as well as eosinophilic granular bodies.
(Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
An aggressive mantle cell lymphoma characterized by the presence of pleomorphic neoplastic B-lymphocytes.
(Pleomorphic Variant Mantle Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A pleomorphic cell of the pulmonary alveolar epithelium that secretes surfactant and is distinguished by abundant cytoplasm containing numerous lipid-rich multilamellar bodies.
(Alveolar Cell Type II, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of enveloped, spherical, or pleomorphic viruses with T=4 icosahedral symmetry, in the family Togaviridae.
(Alphavirus, NCI Thesaurus)
A pleomorphic high grade sarcoma containing a variable number of pleomorphic lipoblasts.
(Pleomorphic Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of pleomorphic and bizarre malignant cells that constitute more than 50 percent of the malignant cellular infiltrate.
(Pleomorphic Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include Warthin tumor, monomorphic adenoma, and pleomorphic adenoma.
(Benign Major Salivary Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of enveloped, spherical or pleomorphic viruses with a capsid with T=4 icosahedral symmetry in the Togaviridae family and Alphavirus genus.
(Barmah Forest Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
A monomorphic or pleomorphic adenoma that arises from the salivary glands in the oral cavity.
(Oral Cavity Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
