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CEREBELLAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or associated with the cerebellum
Example:
cerebellar artery
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
cerebellum (a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans)
Derivation:
cerebellum (a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans)
Context examples:
A rare, immune-mediated disorder characterized by cerebellar degeneration due to the presence of an often undetected malignancy (usually carcinoma or lymphoma) in an anatomic site other than the cerebellum.
(Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration, NCI Thesaurus)
A syndrome caused by an infarct in the vertebral or posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
(Lateral Medullary Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Cerebellar degeneration-related antigen 1 (262 aa, ~31 kDa) is encoded by the human CDR1 gene.
(Cerebellar-Degeneration-Related Antigen 1, NCI Thesaurus)
More than 80% of childhood cerebellar astrocytomas are pilocytic astrocytomas which have a favorable prognosis.
(Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A primary, noninvasive, slow growing neoplasm of the brain that occurs above the cerebellar tentorium.
(Benign Supratentorial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
This cell is distinct from the unipolar brush cell found in the cerebellar cortex.
(Brush Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
Despite benign histology, symptoms can be produced due to the location: increased intracranial pressure, endocrine abnormalities, cerebellar and/or brainstem compression.
(Benign Pineal Region Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Non-malignant neoplasms that arise from cerebellar tissue.
(Benign Cerebellar Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Over 80% or the cerebellar astrocytomas of childhood are pilocytic.
(Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes cerebellar degeneration-related antigen 1 protein, is involved in immune reactions and neuronal antigen regulation.
(CDR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
