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teratomatous — Relating to or of the nature of a teratoma … Medical dictionary
teratomatous — teratōˈmatous adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑teratoma … Useful english dictionary
Mediastinal germ cell tumor — Malignant mediastinal germ cell tumors of various histologies were first described as a clinical entity approximately 50 years ago.[when?] Mediastinal and other extragonadal germ cell tumors were initially thought to represent isolated metastases … Wikipedia
Cyst — A closed sac or capsule, usually filled with fluid or semisolid material. * * * 1. A bladder. 2. An abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semisolid material, with a membranous lining. SEE ALSO: pseudocyst. [G. kystis, bladder] adventitious c.… … Medical dictionary
struma — 1. SYN: goiter. 2. Formerly, any enlargement of a tissue. [L. a scrofulous tumor, fr. struo, to pile up, build] s. aberrata SYN: aberrant goiter. s. colloides SYN: colloid goiter. Hashimoto s. SYN: Hashimoto … Medical dictionary
teratoid — Resembling a teras. [G. teratodes, fr. teras (terat ), monster, + eidos, resemblance] * * * ter·a·toid ter ə .tȯid adj of, resembling, or being a teratoma <a teratoid tumor> * * * ter·a·toid (terґə toid) teratomatous … Medical dictionary
teratoma — A neoplasm composed of multiple tissues, including tissues not normally found in the organ in which it arises. Teratomas occur most frequently in the ovary, where they are usually benign and form dermoid cysts; in the testis, where they are… … Medical dictionary
