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focally

focally

1 7.9
Happening in one small part of the body or area
  • adverb
  • /ˈfoʊkəli/
  • Specialized
: focalmente
  • Ulceration was focally present in Case 2.
  • focally positive

Examples

  • Expression of p53 was observed focally in the nuclei of the tumor cells.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The tumor cells were focally positive for synaptophysin and chromogranin but were negative for cytokeratin 7 and cytokeratin 5/6.

    Academic text (2007)
  • There is a possibility, therefore, that the water was focally contaminated, and this contributed to the infection of other swimmers.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Focally, these cells coalesced to form acinar and cribriform patterns.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Focally, there were areas with patterns resembling hemangiopericytoma (Figure 3).

    Academic text (1996)
  • In both cases, the inflammatory infiltrate focally permeated the surface epithelium.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Histology of the specimen confirmed the presence of a cystic structure which contained some blood and was focally lined by fibrin.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Immunohistochemical studies showed positive staining of tumor cells for vimentin and focally for S-100 protein.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Focally, the stroma condensed to become more fibrotic and occasionally was hyalinized.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The doctor noted that the inflammation was focally present in the biopsy results.

Antonyms

1 7.5

In a way that spreads out over a wide area rather than staying in one place

How Localized

focally
  • Specialized
1 7.9
locally
123 1.4
regionally
9 4.0
systemically
  • Formal
7 6.5

Surface Forms

focally positive

Morphology

focally = focal (transparent) = focal + ly

The adverb 'focally' is derived from the adjective 'focal' with the addition of the adverbial suffix '-ly', maintaining a clear meaning.

Etymology

Focally comes from the Latin word focus, which originally meant 'hearth' or 'home fire' and later 'center'. So, like the common word focus, focally means 'in a small, local area' rather than spread out.