a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglu…
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Cancroid
Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.
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examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibod…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.a malignant neoplasm of the skin
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.the most common form of skin cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Dermatology, Pathology.(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Pathology.(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Pathology.(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Dermatology, Pathology.(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
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The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc.,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the lar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resembling, crab, pertaining, cancroidea, families.
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