Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a spindle-shaped or acicular body, chemically related to the plastids, which occurs in certain cells of plants exhibiting irritability, such as Drosera, Dionæa, etc., and which probably plays an important part in this function. The position in the cell is such that it stretches diagonally across the cell from end to end.
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- adjective Shaped like a
rod
Etymologies
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Examples
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Deletion and mutation analysis of INI1 in rhabdoid tumors
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Jaclyn Biegel, PhD is investigating mutations in the INI1 gene that are associated with the formation of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors of the brain and/or kidneys.
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Genetic basis of pediatric brain and rhabdoid tumors, including mutation analysis of INI1, the recently identified rhabdoid tumor gene
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Avalanna's cancer is called atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor ATRT and is so rare that fewer than 30 new cases are diagnosed in the US each year.
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Gilbert's daughter has been diagnosed with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor and is receiving chemotherapy at Tulane
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Riley, 2, was diagnosed with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor in her brain on Nov. During a checkup, the doctor noticed Riley's head circumference had jumped up out of proportion with the rest of her body.
azcentral.com | news 2010
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Her clinical expertise is in the diagnosis of pediatric leukemia and solid tumors, and her research expertise is in the genetics of pediatric brain tumors and rhabdoid tumors.
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She died of an aggressive form of cancer called atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT).
unknown title 2009
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King's College Hospital, where days later doctors discovered a rhabdoid tumour on the toddler's liver.
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She died of an aggressive form of cancer called atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT).
unknown title 2009
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