SIGNET RING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does signet ring mean? 

• SIGNET RING (noun)
  The noun SIGNET RING has 1 sense:

1. a ring bearing a signet

  Familiarity information: SIGNET RING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNET RING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ring bearing a signet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

seal ring; signet ring

Hypernyms ("signet ring" is a kind of...):

band; ring (jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger)

Meronyms (parts of "signet ring"):

signet (a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially))

 Context examples 

A signet ring cell carcinoma that arises from the breast and has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of lung adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of signet ring cells.

(Lung Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

High grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia characterized by the presence of signet ring cells in the affected glands.

(High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Signet Ring Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

A signet ring cell carcinoma which has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of round to oval mesenchymal cells, small signet ring lipoblasts, and a rich network of capillaries in a myxoid stroma.

(Myxoid Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of malignant signet ring cells infiltrating the pancreatic parenchyma in an individual cell pattern.

(Pancreatic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A liposarcoma that arises from the ovary and is composed of round to oval mesenchymal cells, small signet ring lipoblasts, and a rich network of capillaries in a myxoid stroma.

(Ovarian Myxoid Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, most gallbladder carcinomas are adenocarcinomas; squamous cell carcinomas, adenosquamous carcinomas, signet ring carcinomas, and undifferentiated carcinomas can also occur.

(Gallbladder Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologic variants include adenocarcinoma of the intestinal type, clear cell adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, papillary adenocarcinoma, and signet ring adenocarcinoma.

(Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare cervical mucinous adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of signet ring cells.

(Cervical Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, Signet Ring Cell Variant, NCI Thesaurus)