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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A glycoprotein that is secreted into the luminal surface of the epithelia in the gastrointestinal tract. It is found in the feces and pancreaticobiliary secretions and is used to monitor the respone to colon cancer treatment. (references) |
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Crosswords: CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN |
| Specialty definitions using "CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN": ALVAC-CEA vaccine, anti-CEA antibody ♦ CEA, CEA assay ♦ vaccinia CEA vaccine. (references) |
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 | Shown are the hands of a scientist, under a sterile hood, preparing the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) vaccinia used to try to prevent cancer. The scientist is diluting the concentrated vaccinnia virus into a dose level appropriate for administration to a patient. This vaccinnia marks any cancer cells expressing the CEA. Credit: John Keith (photographer). |  | Dr. J. Michael Hamilton preparing the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) vaccinia used to try to prevent cancer. He is diluting the concentrated vaccinnia virus into a dose level appropriate for administration to a patient. This vaccinnia marks any caner cells expressing the CEA. Credit: John Keith (photographer). |
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Expression using "CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN": carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
carcinoembryonic antigen | 30 |
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| Language | Translations for "CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | carcino embryonalt antigen, karcinoembryonalt antigen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | carcino-embryonaal antigeen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | karsinoembryonaalinen antigeeni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | antigène carcino-embryonnaire, antigène carcinoembryonnaire, antigène cancériembryonnaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | carcinoembryonales Antigen, karzino-embryonales Antigen, karzinoembryonales Antigen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρκινοεμβρυϊκό αντιγόνο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | antigene carcinoembrionario. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arcinoembryoniccay antigenay antigénio carcinoembrionário. (various references) antígeno carcinoembrionario. (various references) karcinoembryogenalt antigen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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