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COLLAGENOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or consisting of collagen
Synonyms:
collagenic; collagenous
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
collagen (a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling)
Derivation:
collagen (a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling)
Context examples:
A benign skin tumor characterized as a small, dome-shaped dermal nodule composed of fibroblasts in a dense collagenous background with storiform organization.
(Circumscribed Storiform Collagenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign neoplasm characterized by osteolysis and the presence of a rich collagenous stroma and spindle cells.
(Bone Desmoplastic Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
It is characterized by the presence of a rich collagenous stroma and spindle cells with minimal cellular atypia.
(Bone Desmoplastic Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts and collagenous stroma formation in a herringbone growth pattern.
(Bone Fibrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Osteoblasts mineralize bone matrix by promoting hydroxyapatite crystal formation and growth in the interior of membrane-limited matrix vesicles (MVs) and by propagating the crystals onto the collagenous extracellular matrix.
(Bone Mineralization Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of collagenous tissue surrounding neoplastic astrocytes.
(Gliofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of bland fibroblastic spindle cells, collagenous stroma formation, primitive mesenchymal round cells, and mature fat cells.
(Fibrous Hamartoma of Infancy, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign, well circumscribed soft tissue neoplasm characterized by the presence of spindle shaped myofibroblasts and mast cells in a collagenous stroma.
(Myofibroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of bland spindle cells and collagenous stroma formation.
(Cardiac Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of fibroblasts, lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates, collagenous stroma formation, psammoma bodies, and dystrophic calcifications.
(Calcifying Fibrous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
