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  • 51tumor — 1. Any swelling or tumefaction. 2. SYN: neoplasm. 3. One of the four signs of inflammation (t., calor, dolor, rubor) enunciated by Celsus. [L. t., a swelling] acinar cell t. a …

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  • 52Developmental biology — Developmental genetics redirects here. For the journal formerly known as Developmental Genetics, see Genesis (journal). For the journal, see Developmental Biology (journal). Views of a Fetus in the Womb , Leonardo da Vinci, ca. 1510 1512. The… …

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  • 53Recapitulation theory — The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism and often expressed as ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny is a disproven hypothesis that in developing from embryo to adult, animals go through stages… …

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  • 54Choriocarcinoma — Classification and external resources ICD 10 C58 ICD 9 181 …

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  • 55Wilms tumor — A malignant tumor of the kidney in young children. It is also known as nephroblastoma. Wilms tumor is the most common kidney cancer in children and one the most important malignancies in childhood. About 450 new cases of Wilms tumor are diagnosed …

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  • 56embryoma — SYN: embryonal tumor. * * * em·bry·o·ma .em brē ō mə n, pl mas also ma·ta mət ə a tumor derived from embryonic structures: TERATOMA * * * em·bry·o·ma (em″bre oґmə) any neoplasm thought to be derived from embryonic cells or tissues,… …

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  • 57medulloepithelioma — A rare, primitive, rapidly growing intracranial neoplasm thought to originate from the cells of the embryonic medullary canal and hence included with ependymoblastomas by some neuropathologists; ganglion cells and astrocyte maturation have also… …

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  • 58embryonisch — ◆ em|bryo|nisch 〈Adj.〉 = embryonal ◆ Die Buchstabenfolge em|bry... kann in Fremdwörtern auch emb|ry... getrennt werden. * * * em|b|ry|o|nisch <Adj.>: embryonal. * * * em|bry|o|nisch: embryonal …

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  • 59rhabdomyosarcoma — n. a rare malignant tumour, usually of childhood, originating in, or showing the characteristics of, striated muscle. Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma occurs in late middle age, in the muscles of the limbs. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas, affecting… …

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  • 60amnios sac — Embryonic Em bry*on ic, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. [1913 Webster] {Embryonic sac} or {Embryonic vesicle} (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; sometimes called also {amnios… …

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