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MICROCALCIFICATIONS

Specialty Definition: MICROCALCIFICATIONS

DomainDefinition

Health

Tiny deposits of calcium in the breast that cannot be felt but can be detected on a mammogram. A cluster of these very small specks of calcium may indicate that cancer is present. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MICROCALCIFICATIONS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Women with multicentric breast malignancies, including those with gross multifocal disease or diffuse microcalcifications detected by mammography. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MICROCALCIFICATIONS

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

microcalcifications

42

breast microcalcifications

40

breast in microcalcifications

8

cluster microcalcifications

2

breast cancer microcalcifications

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: MICROCALCIFICATIONS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-c-f-i-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-r-s-t"

-5 letters: calcifications, clarifications, coalifications.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MICROCALCIFICATIONS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 49 43 52 4F 43 41 4C 43 49 46 49 43 41 54 49 4F 4E 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001001 01000011 01010010 01001111 01000011 01000001 01001100 01000011 01001001 01000110 01001001 01000011 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#73 &#67 &#82 &#79 &#67 &#65 &#76 &#67 &#73 &#70 &#73 &#67 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0049 0043 0052 004F 0043 0041 004C 0043 0049 0046 0049 0043 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47433752493735463743404337355443494853

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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