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tanycytic

tanycytic adjective: relating to tanycytes.

Adjective

tanycytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to tanycytes.
    • These findings led to the diagnosis of ependymoma, likely the tanycytic type (WHO grade II).2015 September 5, Davide Roma et al., “Spinal ependymoma in a patient with Kabuki syndrome: a case report”, in BMC Medical Genetics, volume 16, →DOI

Origin of tanycytic

From tanycyte + -ic.

Questions about tanycytic

What does tanycytic mean?
Tanycytic means relating to tanycytes.
What part of speech is tanycytic?
Tanycytic is an adjective.

Words near tanycytic in the dictionary

  1. tanyard
  2. tanyards
  3. Tanybryn
  4. tanycyte
  5. tanycytes
  6. tanycytic
  7. tanyderid
  8. tanyderids
  9. Tanygrisiau
  10. tanylobic
  11. tanylobous

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