SERRATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does serrated mean? 

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

1. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERRATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex

Synonyms:

notched; saw-toothed; serrate; serrated; toothed

Similar:

rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)

 Context examples 

The group of colorectal adenomas includes tubular, villous, and tubulovillous adenomas, traditional serrated adenomas, sessile serrated adenomas/polyps, and familial adenomatous polyposis.

(Colorectal Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The polyps are predominantly sessile serrated adenomas/polyps.

(Colon Serrated Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, invasive colorectal adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of a malignant infiltrate with serrated glandular architecture.

(Colorectal Serrated Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This group includes hyperplastic polyps, traditional serrated adenomas, and sessile serrated adenomas/polyps.

(Colorectal Sporadic Serrated Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Microscopically, it is characterized by elongated, serrated crypts lined by proliferative epithelium.

(Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional serrated adenoma characterized by the presence of prominent villous projections of the neoplastic epithelium.

(Filiform Serrated Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This group includes adenomatous polyps, serrated polyps, and hamartomatous polyps.

(Colon polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, invasive colon adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of a malignant infiltrate with serrated glandular architecture.

(Colon Serrated Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of serrated glands and the absence of generalized dysplasia.

(Appendix Sessile Serrated Adenoma/Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

The group of colonic adenomas includes tubular, villous, and tubulovillous adenomas, traditional serrated adenomas, sessile serrated adenomas/polyps, and familial adenomatous polyposis.

(Colon Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)