BLASTOMA

blastoma, blastocytoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma

(noun) a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blastoma (plural blastomas or blastomata)

(pathology) A tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts.

Hypernyms

• tumor

Hyponyms

• ameloblastoma

• blastomogenic

• glioblastoma

• gonadoblastoma

• lymphoblastoma

• medulloblastoma

• myoblastoma

• nephroblastoma

• pineoblastoma

• retinoblastoma

Source: Wiktionary



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