OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30723

teratoma

/tɛɹəˈtəʊmə/
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teratoma
A benign or malignant tumour, especially of the gonads, that arises from germ cells and consists of different types of tissue such as skin, hair, or muscle.
‘What is a teratoma?’ asked Jack, holding the object in his hand. ‘A kind of grenado?’ ‘It is an inward wen, a tumour: we find them, occasionally, in the abdominal cavity. Sometime…
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