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noun
A benign or malignant tumour, especially of the gonads, that arises from germ cells and consists of different types of tissue such as skin, hair, or muscle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tumor, tumour, neoplasm
History
From German Teratom; equivalent to terato- + -oma.
Across languages
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