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tag (tg)

n.

1. A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label.

2. A small outgrowth or polyp.

v.

1. To label, identify, or recognize with or as if with a tag.

2. To incorporate into a compound a readily detected substance making the compound detectable so that its metabolic or chemical history may be followed.

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tag,

a small piece of epidermal and dermal fibrovascular tissue attached by one margin or a pedicle to a main structure.

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TAG,

abbreviation for 3,4,6-tri-o-acetyl-d-glucal.

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tag

1. a small appendage, flap or polyp.

2. label. See ear tag, tail tag.

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cutaneous tag

fibrovascular papilloma.

radioactive tag

a radioisotope that has been incorporated in a chemical compound.

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tag

Dermatology A redundancy of mucocutaneous or other tissue. See Anal tag, Ear tag, Pleural tag, Skin tag Vox populi A label. See Blue tag, Pink tag, Yellow tag.