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EMBRYONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of an organism prior to birth or hatching
Example:
embryologic development
Synonyms:
embryologic; embryonal; embryonic
Classified under:
Similar:
immature (not yet mature)
Derivation:
embryo (an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life)
Context examples:
Representative examples include teratoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, and dysgerminoma.
(Ovarian germ cell tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
An embryonal neoplasm arising from the ovary with morphologic features resembling Wilms tumor of the kidney.
(Ovarian Wilms Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A poorly differentiated malignant embryonal neoplasm arising from the pineal region.
(Pineoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An embryonal carcinoma arising from the ovary.
(Ovarian Embryonal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
There are several types of nonseminoma tumors, including embryonal carcinoma, malignant teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.
(Nonseminoma, NCI Dictionary)
The different germ cell components include choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, teratoma, and seminoma.
(Mixed Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Nonseminomas are identified by the type of cell in which they begin and include embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac carcinoma.
(Non-Seminomatous Lesion, NCI Dictionary)
This category includes teratoma, choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.
(Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Medulloblastoma, Ependymoblastoma, Pineoblastoma, and Wilms tumor are representative embryonal neoplasms. —2003
(Embryonal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
An embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma that arises from the extrahepatic bile ducts.
(Extrahepatic Bile Duct Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
