| desmoid tumor |
A tumor of the tissue that surrounds muscles, usually in the abdomen. A desmoid tumor rarely metastasizes (spreads to other parts of the body). Also called aggressive fibromatosis, especially when the tumor is outside the abdomen.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| desmoplastic |
Causing or forming adhesions or fibrous connective tissue within a tumor.
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| desmoplastic melanoma |
A rare form of malignant melanoma marked by nonpigmented lesions on sun-exposed areas of the body, most commonly on the head and neck.
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| Desault's sign |
a sign of intracapsular fracture of the femur, consisting of alteration of the arc described by rotation of the great trochanter, which normally describes the segment of a circle, but in this fracture rotates only as the apex of the femur as it rotates about its own axis.
Ãâó: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
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| descriptive statistics |
Brief numerical descriptions of data.
Ãâó: highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072480823/student_...
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