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POLYGONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polygonal mean? 

POLYGONAL (adjective)
  The adjective POLYGONAL has 1 sense:

1. having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygonsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


POLYGONAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

polygonal structure

Pertainym:

polygon (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)


 Context examples 


A WHO grade II morphologic variant of meningioma characterized by the presence of clear glycogen-rich polygonal cells.

(Clear Cell Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare adenocarcinoma that arises from the gastric mucosa and is characterized by the presence of large polygonal malignant cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm resembling hepatocytes.

(Gastric Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare malignant neoplasm with melanocytic differentiation characterized by the presence of polygonal or spindle shaped clear cells.

(Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

A poorly differentiated non-small cell lung carcinoma composed of large polygonal cells without evidence of glandular or squamous differentiation.

(Large Cell Lung Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of sheets of polygonal or spindle-shaped neoplastic cells forming a hemangiopericytic pattern.

(Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare malignant neoplasm with melanocytic differentiation characterized by the presence of polygonal or spindle shaped clear cells affecting children.

(Childhood Clear Cell Sarcoma of Soft Parts, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of immature spindle and polygonal cells within a scant myxoid stroma.

(Fetal Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive malignant mesenchymal neoplasm characterized by the presence of bizarre round, spindle, and polygonal cells.

(Adult Anaplastic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor cells are polygonal and deeply eosinophilic, and are embedded in a fibrous stroma.

(Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of clear glycogen-rich polygonal cells.

(Brain Stem Intraparenchymal Clear Cell Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)



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