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POLYGONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons
Example:
polygonal structure
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
polygon (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)
Context examples:
A variant of cervical squamous cell carcinoma characterized by the presence of polygonal squamous cells.
(Cervical Non-Keratinizing Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The tumor is characterized by the presence of bizarre round, spindle, and polygonal cells.
(Pleomorphic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An unusual benign or malignant neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic large polygonal cells with granular, eosinophilic cytoplasm which contains abundant lysosomes.
(Granular Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare benign slow growing adipose tissue tumor, characterized by the presence of polygonal brown fat cells with multivacuolated and/or granular cytoplasm.
(Hibernoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of uniform polygonal cells with small or moderate amount of cytoplasm and inconspicuous nucleoli.
(Lung Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
These features include solid proliferations of polygonal neoplastic cells with eosinophilic and granular cytoplasm.
(Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare benign slow growing adipose tumor, characterized by the presence of polygonal brown fat cells with abundant cytoplasm, that arises within the nervous system.
(Hibernoma of the Central Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)
A diffuse or multifocal proliferation of uniform nevoid polygonal cells in the leptomeninges.
(Diffuse Melanocytosis, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
The neoplasm is characterized by the presence of bizarre round, spindle, and polygonal cells.
(Childhood Anaplastic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A slow growing neuroendocrine tumor, composed of uniform, round, or polygonal cells having monotonous, centrally located nuclei and small nucleoli, infrequent mitoses, and no necrosis.
(Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
