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NEUROENDOCRINE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
endocrine system (the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity)
nervous system (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)
Context examples:
It is characterized by the presence of a malignant glandular epithelial component and a malignant neuroendocrine component.
(Ampulla of Vater Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuroendocrine tumors form from cells that release hormones in response to a signal from the nervous system.
(NTX-010, NCI Dictionary)
Octreotide pamoate binds to somatostatin receptors expressed by some neuroendocrine and non-neuroendocrine tumor cells, thereby initiating somatostatin receptor-mediated apoptosis.
(Octreotide Pamoate, NCI Thesaurus)
A well differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasm that arises from the ovary.
(Ovarian Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A low grade well differentiated tumor with neuroendocrine differentiation that arises from the pancreas.
(Non-Functional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuroendocrine tumors may make higher-than-normal amounts of hormones, which can cause many different symptoms.
(Neuroendocrine tumor, NCI Dictionary)
Neuroendocrine tumor cells take up the radioactive MIBG and are detected by a scanner.
(MIBG scan, NCI Dictionary)
Properly located these cells form part of the normal hormone producing tissues of the neuroendocrine system.
(APUD Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A very rare carcinoma that arises from the pancreas showing a mixture of acinar, neuroendocrine, and ductal carcinoma elements.
(Mixed Acinar-Neuroendocrine-Ductal Carcinoma of the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)
Proliferation of the neuroendocrine cells isolated to the base of the crypts.
(Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
