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noun (pl=teratomas, pl2=teratomata)
- (pathology) A benign or malignant tumour, especially of the gonads, that arises from germ cells and consists of different types of tissue such as skin, hair, or muscle.
- 1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain:
- : "What is a ?" asked Jack, holding the object in his hand. "A kind of grenado?" "It is an inward wen, a tumour: we find them, occasionally, in the abdominal cavity. Sometimes they contain long black hair, sometimes a set of teeth: this has both hair and teeth."
Etymology: From terato- + -oma.
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