teratoma

[ ter-uh-toh-muh ]

noun,plural ter·a·to·mas, ter·a·to·ma·ta [ter-uh-toh-muh-tuh]. /ˌtɛr əˈtoʊ mə tə/. Pathology.
  1. a tumor made up of different types of tissue.

Origin of teratoma

1
First recorded in 1885–90; terat- + -oma

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teratoma

/ (ˌtɛrəˈtəʊmə) /


nounplural -mata (-mətə) or -mas
  1. a tumour or group of tumours composed of tissue foreign to the site of growth

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