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dysgerminoma

noun

Etymology

From dys- + germ + carcinoma.

  1. derived from κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτᾰ
  2. learned borrowing from carcinōmata
  3. derived from κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ — “sore, ulcer; cancer”
  4. learned borrowing from carcinōma — “tumour; ulcer; carcinoma”
  5. formed as dysgerminoma — “dys- + germ + carcinoma”

Definitions

  1. A kind of germ cell tumor, usually malignant and usually occurring in the ovary.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for dysgerminoma. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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