English Explanatory Dictionary

abscopal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Denoting the effect that irradiation of a tissue has on remote nonirradiated tissue.

Pronunciation

/æbˈskoʊ.pl̩/

Word forms

abscopal

Etymology

From Latin ab (“away from”) and Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “target, aim”). Term first described by Dr. R. J. Mole in 1953 in the British Journal of Radiology, "Whole body irradiation- radiobiology or medicine?" . Br. J. Radiol., 26: 234-241, 1953.

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