pleomorphic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pleomorphic
First recorded in 1885–90; pleomorph(ism) + -ic
Example Sentences
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Smith has received immunotherapy treatment for a rare form of lung cancer called pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma, which he said had helped shrink his tumours significantly.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025
She was initially told that, to remove the pleomorphic adenoma, surgeons would have to cut out her largest salivary gland, which contains the facial nerve.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024
The 86-year-old told Australia's 10 News First programme he had pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma, a rare form of lung cancer.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024
Out of this alchemy of expansion and resentment came Ford, who died on Tuesday of pleomorphic liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer, at the age of forty-six.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 24, 2016
Ford had been diagnosed with pleomorphic liposarcoma, a rare form of soft-tissue cancer in September of 2014 during his re-election year.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2016
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