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EXPANSILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expansile mean?
• EXPANSILE (adjective)
The adjective EXPANSILE has 1 sense:
1. (of gases) capable of expansion
Familiarity information: EXPANSILE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of gases) capable of expansion
Synonyms:
expandable; expandible; expansible; expansile
Similar:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
Context examples
Circumscribed expansile neoplasm of adipose origin
(Lipoma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Circumscribed expansile neoplasm of spindle cells arranged in palisading pattern.
(Leiomyoma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A rare, benign, slow growing, multifocal, and expansile lesion of the jaws.
(Gigantiform Cementoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign neoplastic proliferation of glandular units (acini) with a non-invasive, expansile margin.
(Adenoma of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A benign (well differentiated) neoplastic proliferation of glandular tissue with a non-invasive, expansile margin.
(Adenoma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
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