CELLULARITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cellularity mean? 

• CELLULARITY (noun)
  The noun CELLULARITY has 1 sense:

1. the state of having cells

  Familiarity information: CELLULARITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELLULARITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of having cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cellularity" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cellularity"):

hypercellularity (the state of having abnormally many cells)

hypocellularity (the state of having abnormally few cells)

Derivation:

cellular (characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization))

 Context examples 

The latter is characterized by epithelial hyperplasia and an increased stromal cellularity.

(Giant Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A fibroadenoma characterized by epithelial hyperplasia and an increased stromal cellularity.

(Juvenile Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of multilayered rosettes formation, and increased cellularity.

(Ependymoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibrohistiocytic cells and increased cellularity.

(Cutaneous Fibrous Histiocytoma, Cellular Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

An osteosarcoma characterised by the presence of atypical cartilage of variable cellularity.

(Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of atypical round to spindle-shaped cells, increased cellularity, necrotic change and high mitotic activity.

(Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Intermediate grade glial neoplasm characterized by increased cellularity, nuclear pleomorphism, mitoses, and variable vascular endothelial proliferation without tumor necrosis.

(Mouse Anaplastic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts and increased cellularity.

(Ovarian Cellular Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a distinctive tumor, which usually displays the following morphologic characteristics: low cellularity, myxoid changes, presence of spindled cells and osteoclasts, hemangiopericytoma-like vessels, hemorrhage, and osteoid-like matrix.

(Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The prognosis of nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma is slightly better than that of mixed cellularity or lymphocyte depleted subtype.

(Nodular Sclerosis Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)