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hypoenhance

hypoenhance verb: to produce hypoenhancement.

Verb

hypoenhance (third-person singular simple present hypoenhances, present participle hypoenhancing, simple past and past participle hypoenhanced)

  1. (transitive) To produce hypoenhancement.
    • With the exception of subtle perilesional enhancement, the metastases hypoenhance relative to liver in all phases.2015, Angela D. Levy, Koenraad J. Mortele, Benjamin M. Yeh, Gastrointestinal Imaging, page 424
    • The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%).2016, Nuzhat A. Ahmad, Management of Pancreatic Diseases

Forms of hypoenhance

third-person singular presenthypoenhances
present participlehypoenhancing
past participlehypoenhanced
pasthypoenhanced

Origin of hypoenhance

From hypo- + enhance.

Questions about hypoenhance

What does hypoenhance mean?
Hypoenhance means to produce hypoenhancement.
What part of speech is hypoenhance?
Hypoenhance is a verb.
What is the past tense of hypoenhance?
The past tense of hypoenhance is hypoenhanced.

Words near hypoenhance in the dictionary

  1. hypoemotional
  2. hypoemotionality
  3. hypoendemic
  4. hypoendemicity
  5. hypoenergetic
  6. hypoenhance
  7. hypoenhanced
  8. hypoenhancement
  9. hypoenhances
  10. hypoenhancing
  11. hypoeosinophilia

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