Definition of Infiltrating

1. Verb. (present participle of infiltrate) ¹

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Definition of Infiltrating

1. infiltrate [v] - See also: infiltrate

Medical Definition of Infiltrating

1. Refers to a tumour that penetrates the normal, surrounding tissue. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infiltrating

infilling
infillion
infillions
infills
infilm
infilmed
infilming
infilms
infilter
infiltered
infiltering
infilters
infiltrate
infiltrated
infiltrates
infiltrating (current term)
infiltrating cancer
infiltrating ductal cell carcinoma
infiltrating lipoma
infiltration
infiltration anaesthesia
infiltrations
infiltrative
infiltrative cardiomyopathy
infiltratively
infiltrator
infiltrators
infimum
infimums
infinate

Literary usage of Infiltrating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1898)
"In the diffusely infiltrating variety single cells immigrate more or less continuously into the intralobular capillaries of the liver, where they multiply ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"... c, schematic drawing of an infiltrating papilloma; d, schematic drawing of a papillary carcinoma; e, schematic drawing of an infiltrating carcinoma. ..."

3. The Diseases of the Breast by Thomas Bryant (1887)
"CARCINOMA OP THE BREAST (AN EPITHELIAL infiltrating GROWTH). CARCINOMA always originates in ... The epithelial cell elements in their infiltrating ..."

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