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teratoma definition

tera·toma (ter′ə tō′mə)

noun

a tumor containing various kinds of embryonic tissue, as of hair and teeth

Etymology: terat(o)- + -oma

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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