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PAPILLARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or resembling papilla
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
papilla (a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell)
Derivation:
papilla (a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather)
papilla (a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell)
Context examples:
A papillary carcinoma arising from the thyroid gland from multiple foci.
(Multicentric Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
These are usually papillary or micropapillary, however, they may rarely be flat.
(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-3, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
These epithelial lesions have a papillary, micropapillary or basally pseudostratified architecture, but are otherwise identical to PanIN-1A.
(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1B, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma characterized by a papillary, exophytic growth pattern, hyperkeratosis, and absence of invasion of adjacent tissues.
(Non-Invasive Papillary Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
According to the growth pattern, it is classified as tubular, papillary, or tubulopapillary.
(Bile Duct Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-invasive, papillary epithelial neoplasm that arises from the epithelium of the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts.
(Bile Duct Papillary Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
The papillary histologic variant occurs virtually exclusively in adults.
(Adult Craniopharyngioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A papillary meningioma occurring in adults.
(Adult Papillary Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)
The epithelial component is characterized by the presence of malignant epithelial cells of serous type, forming glandular, papillary, and solid patterns.
(Ovarian Serous Adenocarcinofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
Both papillary and solid structures are present.
(Adenoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System with Mixed Subtypes, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
