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SEROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or producing or containing serum
Example:
a serous exudate
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
serum (an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates)
Derivation:
serum (an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates)
Context examples:
A benign neoplasm of the ovary characterized by the presence of glands with serous epithelial cells in a fibrotic stroma.
(Ovarian Serous Adenofibroma, 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)
It includes the serous adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, clear cell adenocarcinoma, and endometrioid adenocarcinoma.
(Ovarian Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene may be associated with ovarian serous carcinoma.
(OMD wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign, usually bilateral neoplasm of the ovary characterized by the presence of cystic structures that contain watery fluid and are lined by serous epithelial cells.
(Ovarian Serous Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign neoplasm of the ovary characterized by the presence of cystic structures lined by serous epithelial cells in a fibrotic stroma.
(Ovarian Serous Cystadenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
A serous cystadenoma of the ovary characterized by the presence of small papillary projections in the inner surface of the cysts.
(Ovarian Papillary Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of papillary proliferations of atypical serous epithelial cells and a cystic component.
(Borderline Ovarian Serous Papillary Cystic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A serous or mucinous benign or low malignant potential cystic epithelial neoplasm.
(Papillary Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant cystic serous or mucinous epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells forming papillary structures.
(Papillary Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
