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extrasellar

extrasellar adjective: beyond the sella turcica.

Adjective

extrasellar (not comparable)

  1. Beyond the sella turcica
    • In a recent post-marketing study, adult patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngeoma^([sic]) had HRQoL similar to patients with childhood-onset extrasellar tumours, or to patients with childhood-onset idiopathic congenital hypopituitarism [27 ].2015 October 17, “Health-Related Quality of Life of Young Adults Treated with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone during Childhood”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of extrasellar

From extra- + sellar.

Questions about extrasellar

What does extrasellar mean?
Extrasellar means beyond the sella turcica.
What part of speech is extrasellar?
Extrasellar is an adjective.

Words near extrasellar in the dictionary

  1. extrascripturality
  2. extrascrotal
  3. extrasectorial
  4. extrasegmental
  5. extrasegmentally
  6. extrasellar
  7. extrasemantic
  8. extraseminal
  9. extrasensible
  10. extrasensitive
  11. extrasensorial

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