MUCINOUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Relating to or containing mucin

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mucin (a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces)

Derivation:

mucin (a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces)

It includes the serous cystadenocarcinoma, mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, and clear cell cystadenocarcinoma.

(Ovarian Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the serous adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, clear cell adenocarcinoma, and endometrioid adenocarcinoma.

(Ovarian Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A low grade carcinoma of the kidney characterized by the presence of tubules which are separated by mucinous stroma.

(Mucinous Tubular and Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)

A variant of gastric adenocarcinoma with more than half of the tumor containing extracellular mucinous pools.

(Mucinous Gastric Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm of the ovary characterized by the presence of glands with mucinous columnar epithelial cells in a fibrotic stroma.

(Ovarian Mucinous Adenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A representative example is the ovarian mucinous adenofibroma.

(Mucinous Adenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Pure mucinous breast carcinomas generally have a favorable prognosis.

(Mucinous Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The mucinous epithelial cells may be of intestinal or endocervical type.

(Borderline Ovarian Mucinous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the proliferation of neoplastic mucinous epithelial cells that resemble intestinal epithelial cells.

(Borderline Ovarian Mucinous Tumor, Intestinal Type, NCI Thesaurus)

Subtypes include papillary and mucinous adenocarcinoma.

(Bartholin Gland Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)