SIGNET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does signet mean? 

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

1. a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

seal; stamp (a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents)

Holonyms ("signet" is a part of...):

seal ring; signet ring (a ring bearing a signet)

 Context examples 

High grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia characterized by the presence of signet ring cells in the affected glands.

(High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Signet Ring Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, most gallbladder carcinomas are adenocarcinomas; squamous cell carcinomas, adenosquamous carcinomas, signet ring carcinomas, and undifferentiated carcinomas can also occur.

(Gallbladder Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of lung adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of signet ring cells.

(Lung Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A signet ring cell carcinoma which has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of malignant signet ring cells infiltrating the pancreatic parenchyma in an individual cell pattern.

(Pancreatic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of round to oval mesenchymal cells, small signet ring lipoblasts, and a rich network of capillaries in a myxoid stroma.

(Myxoid Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of signet ring malignant epithelial cells.

(Extrahepatic Bile Duct Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologic variants include adenocarcinoma of the intestinal type, clear cell adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, papillary adenocarcinoma, and signet ring adenocarcinoma.

(Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive adenocarcinoma of the colon characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells which contain prominent intracytoplasmic mucin (signet ring cells).

(Colon Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare cervical mucinous adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of signet ring cells.

(Cervical Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, Signet Ring Cell Variant, NCI Thesaurus)