COLORECTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colorectal mean? 

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

1. relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLORECTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

most colorectal cancers arise from adenomatous polyps

Pertainym:

colon (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)

rectum (the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in lung, colorectal and breast carcinomas, leukemia, medulloblastoma and glioblastoma multiforme.

(MIR124-1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A tandem duplication that fuses this gene and the ALK gene may be associated with colorectal cancer.

(C2orf44 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIR124-1 RNA, plays a role in many cancers, including lung, colorectal, breast, leukemia, meduloblastoma and glioblastoma multiforme.

(MIR124-1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays an oncogenic role in hepatocellular, lung, colorectal, thyoid and breast carcinomas, various leukemias and lymphomas, and neuroblastoma..

(MIR17 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of colorectal carcinoma.

(MIR342 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIR17 RNA, plays a role in many cancers, including lung, liver, colorectal, thyroid, breast, neuroblastoma, leukemia and lymphoma.

(MIR17 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A specific activating somatic mutation in the BRAF gene is associated with several types of cancer such as colorectal and thyroid carcinomas and malignant melanoma.

(BRAF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be found in a mutated (changed) form in some types of cancer, including melanoma and colorectal cancer.

(BRAF kinase inhibitor, NCI Dictionary)

A33 antigen, a 43 kDa transmembrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is highly and homogenously expressed in 95% of colorectal cancer cancers with only restricted expression in normal colonic mucosa and small bowel epithelia.

(Anti-A33 Monoclonal Antibody KRN330, NCI Thesaurus)

Aspirin has been investigated to explore its chemopreventive effect in cancers that are related to chronic inflammation, particularly in the prevention of colorectal cancer.

(An Aspirin A Day Keep Liver Cancer Away, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)