focally
- adverb
- /ˈfoʊkəli/
- Specialized
- Ulceration was focally present in Case 2.
- focally positive
Examples
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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.
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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.
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Focally, there were areas with patterns resembling hemangiopericytoma (Figure 3).
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In both cases, the inflammatory infiltrate focally permeated the surface epithelium.
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Histology of the specimen confirmed the presence of a cystic structure which contained some blood and was focally lined by fibrin.
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Immunohistochemical studies showed positive staining of tumor cells for vimentin and focally for S-100 protein.
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Focally, the stroma condensed to become more fibrotic and occasionally was hyalinized.
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The doctor noted that the inflammation was focally present in the biopsy results.
Antonyms
How Localized
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.