blastoma

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B0315800 (blă-stō′mə)n. pl. blas·to·mas or blas·to·ma·ta (-mə-tə) A neoplasm composed of immature and undifferentiated cells.

blastoma

(ˌblæsˈtəʊmə) n, pl -mata or -mas (Pathology) pathol a. a tumour composed of embryonic tissue that has not yet developed a specialized functionb. (in combination): neuroblastoma. [C20: New Latin, from blasto- + -oma]

blastoma

a neoplasm arising in the blastema, i.e., tissue from which an organ or part is formed. Also blastocytoma.See also: Cancer

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blastoma - a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cellsblastocytoma, embryonal carcinosarcomaneoplasm, tumor, tumour - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

blastoma

[blas-to´mah] (pl. blastomas, blasto´mata) A neoplasm composed of embryonic cells derived from the blastema of an organ or tissue. adj., adj blasto´matous.

blas·to·ma

(blas-tō'mă), A neoplasm composed chiefly or entirely of immature undifferentiated cells resembling those that form the blastema or primordium of the organ in which the tumor arose. [blasto- + G. -oma, tumor]

blastoma

(blă-stō′mə)n. pl. blasto·mas or blasto·mata (-mə-tə) A neoplasm composed of immature and undifferentiated cells.

blastoma

(1) A generic root form for any of a number of primitive tumours—e.g., ameloblastoma, glioblastoma, neuroblastoma, osteoblastoma, retinoblastoma.
(2) A nonspecific term for any tumour composed of primitive cells.
(3) Neoplasm.

blas·to·ma

(blas-tō'mă) A neoplasm composed chiefly or entirely of immature undifferentiated cells (i.e., blast forms), with little or virtually no stroma.
Synonym(s): blastocytoma. [blasto- + G. -oma, tumor]

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noun a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells

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