Complete Definition of "abscopal"

English
Etymology
From L. ab (�away from�) and Greek scopos "a target for shooting at." 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.

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

#:The regression of a liver tumor after irradiation of bone that the tumor metastasized to is an example of the abscopal effect.

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