Ductiform

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the form of a duct not-comparable

    "Microscopic review of the 24 PA analyzed cases showed they were composed by different structures in variable quantities: sheets and groups of epithelial polygonal cells, ductiform structures, squamous metaplastic cells, keratin pearls; MMyECs were fusiform, hyaline and clear, combined with variable quantities of hyaline, mucoid, myxoid and chondroid areas accompanied by eosinophilic coagula within the ducts ( Figure 1 )."

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"Microscopic review of the 24 PA analyzed cases showed they were composed by different structures in variable quantities: sheets and groups of epithelial polygonal cells, ductiform structures, squamous metaplastic cells, keratin pearls; MMyECs were fusiform, hyaline and clear, combined with variable quantities of hyaline, mucoid, myxoid and chondroid areas accompanied by eosinophilic coagula within the ducts ( Figure 1 )."

Etymology

From duct + -iform.

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