TRANSITIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transitional mean? 

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

1. of or relating to or characterized by transition

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSITIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characterized by transition

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

adolescence is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood

Pertainym:

transition (an event that results in a transformation)

 Context examples 

A morphologic finding indicating the alteration of the squamous or transitional epithelial cells to glandular cells.

(Glandular Metaplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

An ovarian epithelial tumor that resembles the transitional cell tumors found in the urinary tract.

(Borderline Ovarian Transitional Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A transitional cell carcinoma characterized by a micropapillary growth pattern.

(Micropapillary Transitional Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of neoplastic transitional cells with atypical or malignant features without evidence of stromal invasion.

(Borderline Ovarian Brenner Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Carcinomas that arise from glandular epithelium are called adenocarcinomas, those that arise from squamous epithelium are called squamous cell carcinomas, and those that arise from transitional epithelium are called transitional cell carcinomas.

(Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Part of the functional area of the prostate that is above and in front of the transitional zone.

(Central Zone of the Prostatic Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

A papillary transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder, characterized by marked architectural and cytologic abnormalities and frequent mitotic figures (at all levels of the urothelium).

(Non-Invasive Bladder Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma, High Grade, NCI Thesaurus)

The malignant transitional cells constitute at least 90% of the tumor cells.

(Endometrial Transitional Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare transitional cell carcinoma that arises from the fallopian tube.

(Fallopian Tube Transitional Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The following histologic patterns have been described: Conventional squamous cell carcinoma, papillary squamous cell carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma, verrucous carcinoma, condylomatous carcinoma and spindle cell carcinoma.

(Cervical squamous cell carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)