First Known Use: 1901
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choriocarcinoma
noun cho·rio·car·ci·no·ma \-ˌkär-sə-ˈnō-mə\
Definition of CHORIOCARCINOMA
: a malignant tumor typically developing in the uterus from the trophoblast
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Origin of CHORIOCARCINOMA
New Latin, from chorion + carcinoma
Medical Dictionary
choriocarcinoma
noun cho·rio·car·ci·no·ma \-ˌkärs-ən-ˈō-mə\
plural cho·rio·car·ci·no·mas also cho·rio·car·ci·no·ma·ta \-mət-ə\
Medical Definition of CHORIOCARCINOMA
: a malignant tumor derived from trophoblastic tissue consisting of syncytiotrophoblasts and cytotrophoblasts that develops typically in the uterus following pregnancy, miscarriage, or abortion especially when associated with a hydatidiform mole or rarely in the testes or ovaries chiefly as a component of a mixed germ-cell tumor
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