Peritumor

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Surrounding a tumor not-comparable

    "However, SCM with unknown primary malignancies are very difficult to distinguish from astrocytomas, especially HGAs, because of their similar features on standard MRI, such as obvious enhancement and peritumor edema."

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"However, SCM with unknown primary malignancies are very difficult to distinguish from astrocytomas, especially HGAs, because of their similar features on standard MRI, such as obvious enhancement and peritumor edema."

Etymology

From peri- + tumor.

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