CLONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clonal mean? 

• CLONAL (adjective)
  The adjective CLONAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a clone

  Familiarity information: CLONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a clone

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

clone (a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction)

 Context examples 

A term that usually refers to cancer growth and is defined by the presence of multiple lesions, each originating from a different clonal cellular population.

(Multicentric Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

A clonal disorder characterized by the secretion of a mu heavy chain that lacks a variable region.

(Mu Heavy Chain Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A clonal hematopoietic disorder characterized by dysplasia and ineffective hematopoiesis in one or more of the hematopoietic cell lines.

(Myelodysplastic syndrome, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A category of clonal myeloid disorders that have both myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative features at the time of initial presentation.

(Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A clonal proliferation of myeloid cells and their precursors in the bone marrow, peripheral blood, and spleen.

(Myeloid Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A clonal proliferation of melanocytes with significant potential for locally aggressive growth or metastasis.

(Mouse Malignant Melanocytic Neoplasms, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The clonal cellular infiltrates fulfill the criteria for any of the T-cell or natural killer cell lymphomas.

(Monomorphic T/NK-Cell Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A clonal B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder arising as a result of post-transplant immunosuppression therapy.

(Monomorphic B-Cell Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A clonal proliferation of cells frequently with a mixture of mesenchymal and epithelial patterns of differentiation.

(Mixed Tumors of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A clonal lymphoproliferative disorder arising as a result of post-transplant immunosuppression therapy.

(Monomorphic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)