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TESTICULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or involving the testes
Example:
testicular cancer
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
testis (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)
Derivation:
testicle (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)
Context examples:
A regimen containing bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin that is used for the treatment of advanced-stage testicular germ-cell tumors; also used as a treatment for ovarian germ-cell tumors.
(PEB Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin used for the treatment of biliary adenocarcinoma, pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular cancer and testicular cancer.
(Gemcitabine-oxaliplatin regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein may play a role in testicular development or function.
(G Antigen Family D Member 3, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used to treat some types of testicular cancer.
(Mithracin, NCI Dictionary)
A regimen consisting of bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin used to treat advanced-stage ovarian and testicular germ-cell tumors.
(BEP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal of testicular tissue for microscopic examination.
(Biopsy of Testis, NCI Thesaurus)
Abnormal ovarian or testicular function due to insufficient hormonal stimulation from the hypothalamic-pituitary axis.
(Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of testicular germ cell tumor and non-small cell lung cancer.
(MIR372 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of testicular cancers that begin in the germ cells (cells that give rise to sperm).
(Non-Seminomatous Lesion, NCI Dictionary)
A tumor-associated antigen belonging to the family of immunogenic testicular proteins that are aberrantly expressed in human cancers in a lineage-nonspecific fashion.
(NY-ESO-B, NCI Thesaurus)
