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SIGNET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("signet" is a kind of...):
seal; stamp (a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents)
Holonyms ("signet" is a part of...):
seal ring; signet ring (a ring bearing a signet)
Context examples:
Representative examples include invasive ductal carcinoma not otherwise specified, ductal carcinoma in situ, inflammatory carcinoma, secretory carcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, tubular carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, and lobular carcinoma in situ.
(Breast Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A liposarcoma that arises from the ovary and is composed of round to oval mesenchymal cells, small signet ring lipoblasts, and a rich network of capillaries in a myxoid stroma.
(Ovarian Myxoid Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic variant of acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland characterized by the presence of signet ring malignant cells.
(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Signet Ring Variant, NCI Thesaurus)
Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma, and micropapillary adenocarcinoma.
(Cecum Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A signet ring cell carcinoma that arises from the breast and has metastasized to other anatomic sites.
(Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell carcinoma.
(Duodenal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A liposarcoma characterized by the presence of round non-lipogenic mesenchymal cells and small signet ring lipoblasts within a myxoid stoma with a vascular-branching pattern, or the presence of solid sheets of primitive round cells without myxoid stroma.
(Myxoid/Round Cell Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
His excellency, having mounted on the small of my right leg, advanced forwards up to my face, with about a dozen of his retinue; and producing his credentials under the signet royal, which he applied close to my eyes, spoke about ten minutes without any signs of anger, but with a kind of determinate resolution, often pointing forwards, which, as I afterwards found, was towards the capital city, about half a mile distant; whither it was agreed by his majesty in council that I must be conveyed.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The signet ring cells constitute more than 50% of the malignant cells.
(Colon Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
