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  • 21dog — dogless, adj. doglike, adj. /dawg, dog/, n., v., dogged, dogging. n. 1. a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties. 2. any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and… …

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  • 22osteosarcoma — /os tee oh sahr koh meuh/, n., pl. osteosarcomas, osteosarcomata / meuh teuh/. Pathol. a malignant tumor of the bone. [1800 10; OSTEO + SARCOMA] * * * ▪ medicine also called  osteogenic sarcoma        most common bone cancer, primarily affecting… …

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  • 23Mdm2 — Mdm2, transformed 3T3 cell double minute 2, p53 binding protein (mouse) Estructura tridimensional de la proteína Mdm2. HUGO 6973 …

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  • 24Sarcoma — (Del gr. sarx, sarkos, carne + oma , tumor.) ► sustantivo masculino MEDICINA Tumor maligno del tejido conjuntivo. * * * sarcoma (del lat. «sarcōma», del gr. «sárkōma», aumento de la carne) m. Med. *Tumor canceroso del tejido conjuntivo. * * *… …

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  • 25Li-Fraumeni syndrome — Li Frau·me·ni syndrome lē frau̇ mē nē n a rare familial syndrome that is characterized esp. by a high risk of developing early breast cancer and sarcomas of soft tissue Li Frederick P. (b 1940) American epidemiologist. Li held the concurrent… …

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  • 26osteosarcoma of jaw — a variant of osteosarcoma occurring in the mandible or maxilla, having a slightly older age of onset than classical osteosarcoma, with less tendency to metastasize than other osteosarcomas …

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  • 27multicentric osteosarcoma — the occurrence of osteosarcomas in more than one bone or in different sites on the same bone; lesions may be synchronous or metachronous …

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  • 28osteosarcomatosis — os·teo·sar·co·ma·to·sis (os″te o sahr ko″mə toґsis) the simultaneous occurrence of multiple osteosarcomas; synchronous multicentric osteosarcoma …

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  • 29Codman's triangle — a triangular area of new bone seen on X ray at the edge of a malignant bone tumour resulting from elevation of the periosteum by malignant tissue. It is most often seen in osteosarcomas. [A. Codman (1869–1940), US surgeon] …

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  • 30osteosarcoma — [äs΄tē ō sär kō′mə] n. pl. osteosarcomas, osteosarcomata [äs΄tē ō sär kō′mə tə] a common type of sarcoma of the bone characterized by rapid spreading, esp. to the lungs, and pain, swelling, etc. in the large, long bones …

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