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blastoma

[ bla-stoh-muh ]
/ blæˈstoʊ mə /
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noun, plural blas·to·mas, blas·to·ma·ta [bla-stoh-muh-tuh]. /blæˈstoʊ mə tə/. Pathology.
a tumor originating from undifferentiated embryonic cells and having little or no connective tissue.
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Origin of blastoma

blast- + -oma

Words nearby blastoma

blastoderm, blastodisc, blastodisk, blastoff, blastogenesis, blastoma, blastomere, blastomycete, blastomycosis, blastopor, blastopore
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British Dictionary definitions for blastoma

blastoma
/ (ˌblæsˈtəʊmə) /
noun plural -mata or -mas
pathol
  1. a tumour composed of embryonic tissue that has not yet developed a specialized function
  2. (in combination)neuroblastoma

Word Origin for blastoma

C20: New Latin, from blasto- + -oma
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