hypoenhance

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ enhance.

Verb

hypoenhance (third-person singular simple present hypoenhances, present participle hypoenhancing, simple past and past participle hypoenhanced)

1. To produce hypoenhancement
   • 2015, Angela D. Levy, Koenraad J. Mortele, Benjamin M. Yeh, Gastrointestinal Imaging, page 424:

     With the exception of subtle perilesional enhancement, the metastases hypoenhance relative to liver in all phases.

   • 2016, Nuzhat A. Ahmad, Management of Pancreatic Diseases:

     The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%).

   • 2019, Jason M. Wagner, Ultrasound:

     Most (78%) lesions overall hypoenhance compared with background parenchyma.