blastoma

noun

blastoma

noun

US /blæstˈoʊmə/

Etymology From blast- + -oma.

1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences A tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts.

Derived terms
42 termsadenoameloblastoma, aesthesioneuroblastoma, ameloblastoma, androblastoma, angioblastoma, arrhenoblastoma, astroblastoma, blastomal, blastomogenic, cementoblastoma, chondroblastoma, chorioblastoma, ependymoblastoma, esthesioneuroblastoma, fibroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma, glioblastoma, gonadoblastoma, granuloblastoma, gynandroblastoma, haemangioblastoma, hemangioblastoma, hemangioendothelioblastoma, hepatoblastoma, leiomyoblastoma, leucoblastoma, lipoblastoma, lymphoblastoma, medullablastoma, medulloblastoma, myoblastoma, myofibroblastoma, nephroblastoma, nesidioblastoma, neuroblastoma, neuroesthesioblastoma, osteoblastoma, pineoblastoma, rentinoblastoma, retinoblastoma, teratoblastoma, trichoblastoma
Hypernyms
tumor
Hyponyms
ameloblastoma, erythroblastoma, glioblastoma, gonadoblastoma, lymphoblastoma, medulloblastoma, myoblastoma, nephroblastoma, pineoblastoma, retinoblastoma

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