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SERRATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
Synonyms:
notched; saw-toothed; serrate; serrated; toothed
Classified under:
Similar:
rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb serrate
Context examples:
Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma, and micropapillary adenocarcinoma.
(Cecum Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A serrated polypoid lesion that arises in the colon.
(Colon Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of elongated, serrated crypts lined by proliferative epithelium.
(Gallbladder Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
Great slate-colored backs and high serrated dorsal fins shot up with a fringe of silver, and then rolled down into the depths again.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Serrated leading-edges reduce aerodynamic performance at lower AoAs than 15° compared to clean leading-edges, but can achieve noise reduction and aerodynamic performance at AoAs above 15°, which owl wings often reach in flight.
(Owls' Wings Key to Beating Wind Turbine Noise, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It is characterized by the presence of elongated serrated crypts and the absence of atypia or dysplasia.
(Appendix Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
A serrated strip of gray matter under the medial border of the hippocampus and in its depths.
(Dentate Gyrus, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of morphologic features of dysplasia (e.g., architectural and cytological epithelial alterations) or, in a minority of cases, lack of such morphologic features, as in colonic sessile serrated adenomas/polyps.
(Gastrointestinal Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
The presence of multiple serrated polyps in the colon.
(Colon Serrated Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)
The head was like that of a fowl, the body that of a bloated lizard, the trailing tail was furnished with upward-turned spikes, and the curved back was edged with a high serrated fringe, which looked like a dozen cocks' wattles placed behind each other.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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