NASOPHARYNGEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nasopharyngeal mean? 

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

1. of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NASOPHARYNGEAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

nasopharynx (cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx)

Derivation:

nasopharynx (cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx)

 Context examples 

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasopharyngeal cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Nasopharyngeal Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasopharyngeal cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Nasopharyngeal Cancer Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

There is no pathologic M0 for nasopharyngeal cancer.

(Nasopharyngeal Cancer Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of nasopharyngeal cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Nasopharyngeal Cancer Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasopharyngeal cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Nasopharyngeal Cancer Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasopharyngeal cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Nasopharyngeal Cancer Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasopharyngeal cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.

(Nasopharyngeal Cancer Pathologic TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma characterized by the presence of large cells with vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli, a syncytial growth pattern, and a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate.

(Nasopharyngeal Undifferentiated Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma arising from the nasopharyngeal epithelium.

(Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)