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SURROUNDING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Closely encircling
Example:
the surrounding countryside
Synonyms:
circumferent; encompassing; surrounding
Classified under:
Similar:
close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb surround
Context examples:
This prevents damage to the surrounding tissue and allows the drugs to interact with the cells immediately outside the device.
(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A neoplastic process that is confined to the site of origin without morphologic evidence of cellular infiltration of the surrounding tissues.
(Non-Invasive Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)
The actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment or surrounding world of stimuli.
(Behavior, NCI Thesaurus)
A thymoma that is completely surrounded by a capsule, without evidence of capsular invasion, infiltration of the surrounding tissues, and metastases.
(Benign Thymoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The backbone encloses the spinal cord and the fluid surrounding the spinal cord.
(Backbone, NCI Dictionary)
Autonomous new growth of the intestinal epithelium that has limited growth potential and does not metastasize to surrounding structures.
(Benign Conditions of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
In or of the immediately surrounding area; relating to the immediate surroundings of something.
(Ambient, NCI Thesaurus)
The skin or integument surrounding the abdomen.
(Abdominal Skin, NCI Thesaurus)
The international team has made the first robust detection of a young planet, named PDS 70b, cleaving a path through the planet-forming material surrounding the young star.
(First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet, ESO)
The loss of a fluid from an abscess into the surrounding tissue or body cavity.
(Abscess Leakage, NCI Thesaurus)
