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PRONUNCIATION OF SPICULATION

spiculation  [ˌspɪkjʊˈleɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPICULATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spiculation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPICULATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spiculated mass

In oncology, a spiculated mass is a lump of tissue with spikes or points on the surface. It is suggestive but not diagnostic of malignancy, i.e. cancer.

Definition of spiculation in the English dictionary

The definition of spiculation in the dictionary is the formation of something into spicula.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPICULATION


calculation
ˌkælkjʊˈleɪʃən
cancellation
ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən
circulation
ˌsɜːkjʊˈleɪʃən
compilation
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən
correlation
ˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən
formulation
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪʃən
installation
ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən
insulation
ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən
isolation
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən
legislation
ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən
manipulation
məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪʃən
musculation
ˌmʌskjʊˈleɪʃən
mutilation
ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
regulation
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
simulation
ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
ventilation
ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən
violation
ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPICULATION

spiced
spiceless
spicer
spiceries
spicery
spicier
spiciest
spicilege
spicily
spiciness
spick
spick and span
spick-and-span
spicula
spicular
spiculate
spiculated
spicule
spiculum
spicy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPICULATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of spiculation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spiculation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPICULATION

Find out the translation of spiculation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spiculation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spiculation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

毛刺征
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espiculación
570 millions of speakers

English

spiculation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spiculation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spiculation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

spiculation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spiculation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spiculation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spiculation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spikulasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spikulation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

棘形成
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spiculation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spikulasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spiculation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spiculation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पिक्युलेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spikülasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spiculation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spiculation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spiculation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spiculation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spiculation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spiculation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spiculation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spiculation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spiculation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPICULATION»

The term «spiculation» is normally little used and occupies the 130.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPICULATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spiculation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spiculation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spiculation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPICULATION»

Discover the use of spiculation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spiculation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Digital Mammography: 10th International Workshop, IWDM 2010, ...
Towards Learning Spiculation Score of the Masses in Mammography Images Inna Stainvas⋆, Jonathan Stoeckel, Eli Ratner, Menachem Abramov, and Richard Lederman Siemens Computer Aided Diagnosis Ltd., Beck Science Building, ...
Joan Martí, Arnau Oliver, Jordi Freixenet, 2010
2
Atlas of Mammography
In very dense breasts, architectural distortion may appear almost lucent as fat is trapped within the spiculations. In architectural distortion, the spiculation is usually fine and surrounds the center of the lesion. The disruption of the architecture ...
Ellen Shaw De Paredes, 2007
3
Echinoderms: Present and Past
Neopentadactyla. mixta. (Holothurioidea. : Phyllophoridae). Spiculation. et. croissance. J. P. FERAL Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France LEGENDE DES FIGURES : Neopentadactyla mixta - A. Tourel 25 mm (Roscof f- tlanche ...
Michel Jangoux, 1980
4
Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods
Blochmann [1906, 1910], who was the foremost student of Recent brachiopod spiculation, appears to have regarded differences in this character as one of the most useful ways to distinguish between related species. He noted a number of ...
Merrill W. Foster, 1974
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Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns: 11th International ...
Preliminary experimental results support the hypothesis of the spiculation detection performance of the proposed method would show a possible solution for finding spiculated masses. 1 Introduction Breast cancer has been a leading cause of ...
André Gagalowicz, Wilfried Philips, 2005
6
Thoracic Imaging: Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Radiology
The terms corona radiate and corona maligna have been used to describe the appearance of spiculation associated with a nodule or mass (see Figs. 9-2 and 9- 6). Particularly in patients with adenocarcinoma and bronchioloalveolar ...
W. Richard Webb, Charles B. Higgins, 2011
7
Radiology Review Manual
Hemangioma Solid Breast Lesion by Ultrasound Malignant Sonographic Characteristics ◊ Approximately 5 malignant features are found per cancer. The combination of 5 findings increases the sensitivity to 98.4%! √ spiculation = straight lines ...
Wolfgang Dähnert, 2011
8
Issues in Diagnostics and Imaging: 2013 Edition
The news reporters obtained a quote from the research by the authors from Hamamatsu University, “The three different radiologists scored the visualization of the spiculation with respect to 3-T sagittal, 3-T axial, or 1.5-T axial images.
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9
Visual Search 2: Proceedings Of The 2nd International ...
Malignant masses can often be distinguished from benign masses by their more spiculated appearance in the mammographic image. Thus, in the classification of masses, our computerized scheme analyses the degree of spiculation exhibited ...
A.G. Gale, K. Carr, D. Brogan, 2003
10
Biomedical Image Analysis
345], based upon the segment's length S and angle of spiculation , to deliver progressively increasing weighting with increase in the narrowness of spiculation of each segment. Spicule candidates were identied as portionsof the contour ...
Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, 2004

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPICULATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spiculation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Windsong takes breast cancer diagnostics to another dimension
You can still see a mass and spiculation, but it's harder to see than with a 3-D, mammogram, where it's easy to see the mass and the tendrils and the spiculation. «Buffalo News, Oct 14»
2
Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S5 to have fingerprint scanner embedded …
We're edging closer and closer to the official unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S5 which is just 12 days to go, and the spiculation and rumours keeps on coming. «360Nobs.com, Feb 14»
3
Quantitative breast image analysis for personalized medicine
... size (volume and surface area), shape (irregularity), margin (sharpness and spiculation), texture, and kinetic characteristics (related to angiogenesis: formation ... «SPIE Newsroom, Oct 13»
4
Benefits, Risks of Lung Cancer Screen Examined
Also, the cancer agency data on chemoprevention trial participants did not include spiculation, so Lam and colleagues produced separate models that included ... «MedPage Today, Sep 13»
5
Optimal lung cancer screening nodule size questioned
... and spiculation and emphysema status) would help to estimate risk for lung cancer for different types of lung nodules to guide clinical decisions on the basis of ... «News-Medical.net, Feb 13»
6
Diverticular Disease
Typical findings include spiculation of the mucosa, spasm, abscess, or evidence of frank perforation. Because of the theoretic potential to exacerbate perforation, ... «AAFP News Now, Sep 05»

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