chemodectoma

chemodectoma definition - medical

che·mo·dec·to·ma (kēˌmō-dĕk-tōˈmə)

noun
A relatively rare, usually benign tumor originating in chemoreceptor tissue. Also called aortic-body tumor, carotid-body tumor, glomus jugulare tumor, nonchromaffin paraganglioma.

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