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noun
A tumour affecting a kidney.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour, adenomyosarcoma, embryoma of the kidney
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sarcoma
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *negwhrós Proto-Hellenic *nekwhrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) English nephro- English blastoma English nephroblastoma From nephro- + blastoma.
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