CIRCUMSCRIBED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circumscribed mean? 

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

1. subject to limits or subjected to limits

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUMSCRIBED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to limits or subjected to limits

Synonyms:

circumscribed; limited

Similar:

restricted (subject to restriction or subjected to restriction)

 Context examples 

A benign circumscribed neoplasm arising from the subcutaneous tissue of the neck.

(Nuchal-Type Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A well circumscribed lesion of the bone, most frequently arising from the posterior mandible.

(Ossifying Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A mucinous cystic tumor of the ovary characterized by the presence of one or more well circumscribed solid nodules in the wall of the cysts (mural nodules) that protrude into the lumen.

(Ovarian Mucinous Cystic Tumor with Mural Nodules, NCI Thesaurus)

An insidious poorly circumscribed neoplasm arising from the deep soft tissues of the abdomen.

(Abdominal Fibromatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a well-circumscribed lytic tumor that varies in size.

(Cementoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign well-circumscribed paucicellular neoplasm arising from the soft tissues.

(Calcifying Fibrous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A well circumscribed benign neoplasm arising from cardiac muscle.

(Cardiac Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, benign and well circumscribed stromal tumor of the ovary.

(Ovarian Stromal-Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A well-circumscribed serous adenoma that is solid and lacks cystic changes.

(Pancreatic Solid Serous Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An extremely rare, WHO grade I, circumscribed and slow-growing tumor that arises from the neurohypophysis or infundibulum and described in adults.

(Pituicytoma, NCI Thesaurus)