TROPHOBLASTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trophoblastic mean? 

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

1. of or relating to the trophoblast

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROPHOBLASTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the trophoblast

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

trophoblastic cancer

Pertainym:

trophoblast (the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall)

Derivation:

trophoblast (the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall)

 Context examples 

Also called gestational trophoblastic disease, GTD, and GTT.

(Gestational trophoblastic tumor, NCI Dictionary)

A category of non-neoplastic trophoblastic disorders that affect the placenta.

(Non-Neoplastic, Non-Molar Trophoblastic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A gestational trophoblastic tumor which has not metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Non-Metastatic Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called gestational trophoblastic tumor, GTD, and GTT.

(Gestational trophoblastic disease, NCI Dictionary)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of gestational trophoblastic tumor, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Another type of cancer that women can get is called a gestational trophoblastic tumor.

(Cancer and Pregnancy, NIH)

A regimen consisting of cisplatin, etoposide, bleomycin and dactinomycin (Actinomycin-D), used for the treatment of poor-prognosis metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTT).

(PEBA Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant germ cell tumor of the central nervous system characterized by extra-embryonic differentiation along trophoblastic lines.

(Central Nervous System Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of gestational trophoblastic tumor, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

They are a type of gestational trophoblastic disease.

(Chorioblastoma, NCI Dictionary)