FOCAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or localized centrally at a focus

Example:

focal infection

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

central (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to a focus

Example:

focal length

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

focus (a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges)

Derivation:

focus (a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section)

focus (a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges)

Credits

Context examples:

A pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of a focal or multifocal invasive carcinomatous component.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A cystic epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of columnar mucin-producing epithelial cells, ovarian-type stroma formation, and a focal or extensive invasive carcinomatous component.

(Pancreatic Mucinous-Cystic Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This disorder is a common condition with no detectable focal pathology.

(Pars Planitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A focal hyperplasia that is not inflammatory or squamous.

(Other Focal Hyperplasias of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A sporadic or inherited disorder characterized by the focal or diffuse proliferation of the cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.

(Nesidioblastosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Focal or diffuse epithelial hyperplasia in the intestinal mucosa of the mouse.

(Mucosal Hyperplasia of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a focal or diffuse proliferative or destructive process which may involve the glomerulus, tubule, or interstitial renal tissue.

(Nephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

This lesion morphologically overlaps with the focal atypical hyperplasias but morphological criteria to distinguish between the AH and DCIS does not currently exist

(Carcinoma In Situ of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A WHO grade III oligodendroglioma with focal or diffuse malignant morphologic features (prominent nuclear pleomorphism, mitoses, and increased cellularity).

(Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive adenocarcinoma characterized by focal or extensive transformation of the malignant glandular cells to spindle-shaped cells.