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ROSETTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rosette" is a kind of...):
adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Circular window filled with tracery
Synonyms:
rose window; rosette
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rosette" is a kind of...):
window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rosette" is a kind of...):
foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Rhizoctinia disease of potatoes
Synonyms:
little potato; rosette; russet scab; stem canker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rosette" is a kind of...):
rhizoctinia disease (disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb rosette
Context examples:
Homer Wright rosettes may be present.
(Classic Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of multilayered rosettes formation, and increased cellularity.
(Ependymoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In cancer patients it increases leukocytosis, blood active T rosettes, T4/T8 ratio, and is used as an adjuvant to chemotherapy in the treatment of melanoma and myeloma.
(Azimexon, NCI Thesaurus)
Invasive embryonal neoplasm of the pineal gland showing neuronal differentiation histologically (Homer-Wright and/or Flexner-Wintersteiner rosette formation) by immunohistochemistry (synaptophysin, chromogranin, or NSE expression), or by electron microscopy (dense core vesicles and microtubules).
(Mouse Pineoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Invasive embryonal neoplasm of the cerebellum showing neuronal differentiation histologically (Homer-Wright and/or Flexner-Wintersteiner rosette formation) by immunohistochemistry (synaptophysin, chromogranin, or NSE expression), or by electron microscopy (dense core vesicles and microtubules).
(Mouse Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
The behavior of this subtype of fibromyxoid sarcoma is identical to low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma with giant collagen rosettes.
(Classical Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
