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CARCINOEMBRIOGENIC-ANTIGEN


subject field: medicine: body-part
origination date: 01/06/2002
originator: Carlos
check date: 24/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAANTIGEN
ANCESTORSALL
ANTIGEN
MATERIAL
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT


English
carcinoembriogenic antigenterm type: main entry term
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
definition: substance normally found in fetuses which, if found at abnormally high levels in the blood of adults, may indicate the presence of cancer. It is also used to monitor the resurgence of cancer. (en)

Spanish
antígeno carcinoembrionariodefinition: sustancia que normalmente se encuentra en los fetos y que, si aparece en dosis elevadas en la sangre de los adultos, puede indicar la existencia de cáncer. Se emplea también para el seguimiento de la recurrencia del cáncer. (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term