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abscopal

US/æbˈskoʊ.pl̩/

abscopal adjective: denoting the effect that irradiation of a tissue has on remote nonirradiated tissue.

Adjective

abscopal (not comparable)

  1. Denoting the effect that irradiation of a tissue has on remote nonirradiated tissue.
    • The regression of a liver tumor after irradiation of bone that the tumor metastasized to is an example of the abscopal effect.

Origin of abscopal

From Latin ab (“away from”) and Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “target, aim”). Term first described by Dr. R. J. Mole in 1953 in the British Journal of Radiology, "Whole body irradiation- radiobiology or medicine?" . Br. J. Radiol., 26: 234-241, 1953.

Questions about abscopal

What does abscopal mean?
Abscopal means denoting the effect that irradiation of a tissue has on remote nonirradiated tissue.
What part of speech is abscopal?
Abscopal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abscopal?
Abscopal is pronounced /æbˈskoʊ.pl̩/ (US).

Words near abscopal in the dictionary

  1. absconds
  2. absconsa
  3. absconsio
  4. absconsion
  5. absconsions
  6. abscopal
  7. abscotchalater
  8. abscotchalaters
  9. ABSD
  10. ABSDs
  11. Absecon

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