onconeural

English

Etymology

onco- +‎ neural

Adjective

onconeural (not comparable)

  1. Relating to cancer and to the neural system.
    • 1998, David P. Richman, Myasthenia Gravis and Related Diseases:
      It is possible that this facilitates presentation of Hu onconeural antigens to the immune system and development of an anti-Hu immune response.
    • 2015 July 26, David Carl et al., “Steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis following ipilimumab therapy: a case report”, in BMC Research Notes‎, volume 8, →DOI:
      As we did not test for onconeural antibodies we cannot rule out paraneoplastic encephalitis which has also been reported in patients with prostate cancer [ 5 ].
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