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seminoma Path.|sɛmɪˈnəʊmə|
[mod.L., ad. F. seminome (M. Chevassu Tumeurs du Testicule (1906) i. 15), f. L. sēmin-, sēmen semen: see -oma.]
A malignant tumour of the testis, now acknowledged to derive from spermatogenic tissue.
[1919J. Ewing Neoplastic Dis. xl. 773 (caption) Embryonal carcinoma of testis. (‘Seminome of Chevassu’).] 1931Amer. Jrnl. Obstetrics & Gynecol. XXII. 697 The term seminoma was chosen because this testicular new-growth in parts of its structure resembles seminal tubules. 1966Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. I. xxvi. 820/1 Between 40 and 50 per cent of all testicular tumours are seminomas. 1974J. D. Maynard in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery viii. 190 The seminoma is a firm uniform mass of sheets of polyhedral cells with a tendency to undergo central necrosis. |