TERATOMA
\tˌɛɹətˈə͡ʊmə], \tˌɛɹətˈəʊmə], \t_ˌɛ_ɹ_ə_t_ˈəʊ_m_ə]\
Definitions of TERATOMA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
By Oddity Software
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A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
By Noah Webster.
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A true neoplasm composed of a number of different types of tissue, none of which is native to the area in which it occurs. It is composed of tissues that are derived from three germinal layers, the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. They may be solid or cystic and are classified histologically as mature, immature, and malignant. (From Dorland, 27th ed & DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1642)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A tumor containing various structures of the body, as if from a malformed fetus. They arise by the abnormal inclusion of a whole embryo, or a portion of one, by another fetus and are defined by Adami as "an autonomous growth, the product of continuous development within one individual of another individual of the same species." [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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