PHYLLODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phyllode mean? 

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

1. an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLLODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

leafstalk; petiole (the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf)

Derivation:

phyllodial (having a phyllode)

 Context examples 

Also called CSP and cystosarcoma phyllodes.

(Phyllodes tumor, NCI Dictionary)

The recurrence rates are higher for borderline and malignant phyllodes tumors.

(Phyllodes tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called CSP and phyllodes tumor.

(Cystosarcoma phyllodes, NCI Dictionary)

Also called cystosarcoma phyllodes and phyllodes tumor.

(CSP, NCI Dictionary)

Representative examples include benign phyllodes tumor, leiomyoma, and fibroma.

(Benign Prostate Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include benign prostate phyllodes tumor, benign Sertoli cell tumor, seminal vesicle cystadenoma, and epididymal adenomatoid tumor.

(Benign Male Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A phyllodes tumor of the breast characterized by the presence of intermediate features and a stroma which usually resembles low grade fibrosarcoma.

(Borderline Breast Phyllodes Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The typical examples are fibroadenoma and phyllodes tumor.

(Breast Fibroepithelial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include benign prostate phyllodes tumor, benign Sertoli cell tumor, uterine corpus leiomyoma, and benign ovarian serous tumor.

(Benign Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

In borderline and malignant phyllodes tumors metastases to distant anatomic sites can occur.

(Phyllodes tumor, NCI Thesaurus)