choriocarcinoma en · NOUN
Etymology
From chorio- + carcinoma.
Meanings
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A malignant, trophoblastic cancer, usually of the placenta.
When it occurs, choriocarcinoma is thus a double tragedy: an abnormal pregnancy compounded by a lethal malignancy, birth tipped into death.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 135:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| choriocarcinomata | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| choriocarcinomas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (3)
es coriocarcinoma (malignant trophoblastic cancer) · ca coriocarcinoma (malignant trophoblastic cancer) · fi koriokarsinooma (malignant trophoblastic cancer)