EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma mean? 

• EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA (noun)
  The noun EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA has 1 sense:

1. form of rhabdomyosarcoma occurring mainly in infants and children

  Familiarity information: EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA (noun)

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Meaning:

Form of rhabdomyosarcoma occurring mainly in infants and children

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; embryonal rhabdosarcoma

Hypernyms ("embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma" is a kind of...):

rhabdomyosarcoma; rhabdosarcoma (a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle)

 Context examples 

An embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma that arises from the extrahepatic bile ducts.

(Extrahepatic Bile Duct Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma arising from organs with a mucosal epithelial surface.

(Botryoid-Type Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma occurring in children.

(Childhood Botryoid-Type Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.

(Anaplastic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma occurring in adults.

(Adult Botryoid-Type Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The term embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma encompasses the spindle cell, botryoid and anaplastic variants.

(Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement is associated with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma and rare cases of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.

(PAX7/FOXO1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.

(ERMS, NCI Dictionary)