Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tumor consisting of different types of tissue, as of skin, hair, and muscle, caused by the development of independent germ cells.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A complex congenital tumor, often containing very many different tissues, as skin, hair, teeth, connective tissue, cartilage, bone, muscles, and glands: most frequently found at the lower end of the spine, about the head and neck, and in the generative organs. Also called
teratoid tumor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
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- noun pathology A benign or malignant
tumour , especially of the gonads, that arises fromgerm cells and consists of different types oftissue such as skin, hair, or muscle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site
Etymologies
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Examples
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View larger image »Discussing the implications of the ultrasound findings when a sacrococcygeal teratoma is initially diagnosed can provide parents with information on options to consider if hydrops evolves, a potentially fatal situation.
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma (SCT), Sacrococcygeal Tumor Treatment 2010
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In our experience, fetal hydrops associated with sacrococcygeal teratoma is rapidly progressive and nearly always fatal.
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma (SCT), Sacrococcygeal Tumor Treatment 2010
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Josep Dalmau, a neuro-oncologist at Penn, and his colleagues had published studies describing anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a rare reaction seen in young women to a common ovarian tumor called a teratoma, which is typically harmless.
Doctor's diagnosis drew laughs, but it saved woman's life Sandra G. Boodman 2010
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Josep Dalmau, a neuro-oncologist at Penn, and his colleagues had published studies describing anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a rare reaction seen in young women to a common ovarian tumor called a teratoma, which is typically harmless.
Doctor's diagnosis drew laughs, but it saved woman's life Sandra G. Boodman 2010
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There seems to be a grey area between a fetus in fetu and what is called a teratoma: a kind of encapsulated tumor which contains tissue or organ components resembling normal derivatives of all three germ layers.
How Twins Go Bad Heather McDougal 2009
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There seems to be a grey area between a fetus in fetu and what is called a teratoma: a kind of encapsulated tumor which contains tissue or organ components resembling normal derivatives of all three germ layers.
Archive 2009-01-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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When he was born at six pounds, four ounces, the teratoma was the size of a baseball.
I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009
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When he was born at six pounds, four ounces, the teratoma was the size of a baseball.
I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009
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When he was born at six pounds, four ounces, the teratoma was the size of a baseball.
I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009
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When he was born at six pounds, four ounces, the teratoma was the size of a baseball.
I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009
vanishedone commented on the word teratoma
Also comes in wool.
December 1, 2007