Medical term:
embryoma
embryoma
[em″bre-o´mah]any of various neoplasms thought to be derived from embryonic cells or tissues, such as dermoid cysts, teratomas, and embryonal carcinomas.
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em·bry·o·nal tu·mor
, embryonic tumora neoplasm, usually malignant, which arises during intrauterine or early postnatal development from an organ rudiment or immature tissue; it forms immature structures characteristic of the part from which it arises, and may form other tissues as well. The term includes neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor, and is also used to include certain neoplasms presenting in later life, this usage being based on the belief that such tumors arise from embryonic rests.
See also: teratoma.
See also: teratoma.
Synonym(s): embryoma
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em·bry·o·nal tu·mor
, embryonic tumor (em'brē-ōn'ăl tū'mŏr, em'brē-on'ik)A neoplasm, usually malignant, which arises during intrauterine or early postnatal development from an organ rudiment or immature tissue. It forms immature structures characteristic of the part from which it arises and may form other tissues as well. The term includes neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor and is also used to include certain neoplasms presenting in later life, this usage being based on the belief that such tumors arise from embryonic rests, which are fragments of embryonic tissue that are still present after the embryonic period.
See also: teratoma
Synonym(s): embryoma.
See also: teratoma
Synonym(s): embryoma.
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