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SIGNET RING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ring bearing a signet
Synonyms:
seal ring; signet ring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("signet ring" is a kind of...):
band; ring (jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger)
Meronyms (parts of "signet ring"):
signet (a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially))
Context examples:
Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma, and micropapillary adenocarcinoma.
(Cecum Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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 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)
An invasive adenocarcinoma of the colon characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells which contain prominent intracytoplasmic mucin (signet ring cells).
(Colon Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell carcinoma.
(Duodenal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of signet ring malignant epithelial cells.
(Extrahepatic Bile Duct Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, 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)
The signet ring cells constitute more than 50% of the malignant cells.
(Colon Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
