chemodectomatosis

chemodectomatosis definition - medical

che·mo·dec·to·ma·to·sis (kēˌmō-dĕk-tōˌmə-tōˈsĭs)

noun
A condition characterized by multiple tumors of perivascular tissue of the carotid body or of other chemoreceptor tissue.

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