Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing infiltration; of the nature of infiltration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to infiltration.
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- adjective That
infiltrates
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Examples
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It is inoperable, this infiltrative film of destructive cells, and while the oncologists were consulted and made plans for chemotherapy, it seemed best to let Grace and her family go back home.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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It is inoperable, this infiltrative film of destructive cells, and while the oncologists were consulted and made plans for chemotherapy, it seemed best to let Grace and her family go back home.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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Mrs. Edwards will be undergoing further testing of her infiltrative ductal carcinoma of the breast, to determine how far it's spread and whether or not a mastectomy or lumpectomy is indicated.
Medpundit 2004
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Mrs. Edwards will be undergoing further testing of her infiltrative ductal carcinoma of the breast, to determine how far it's spread and whether or not a mastectomy or lumpectomy is indicated.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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Although paranoid, secretive, infiltrative are fair enough.
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(See Fig. 6.) 3, Indirect view, sitting position; posttyphoid infiltrative stenosis, left arytenoid destroyed by necrosis.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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If it is a diffuse infiltrative process, a specimen should be taken from at least two locations.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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This was done under cocaine infiltrative anæsthesia, and was not so extremely painful, though what pain there was (dragging the cord out through the slit, etc.) seemed very hard to endure.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899
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One reason for this is that sporadic, infiltrative tumor cells will remain in the brain even after most careful surgery.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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We analyzed microsatellite markers in a region spanning the chromosome from the telomere to the centromere, to characterize the pattern of 1p and 19q loss of heterozygosity in 39 infiltrative gliomas, including astrocytomas, glioblastomas, oligoastrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Karine S Durand 2010
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