abscopal

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US/æbˈskoʊ.pl̩/

adjective

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.”

OriginLatin ab ← Ancient Greek σκοπός →
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Meanings

adjectiveabscopal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDenoting 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.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσκοπός“target, aim”
  2. Latinab“away from”
  3. Englishabscopal

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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abscopal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abscopal

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“abscopal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abscopal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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