Definition of hydatidiform mole in English:
hydatidiform mole
nounˌhʌɪdəˈtɪdɪfɔːmˌhīdəˈtidəfôrm ˌmōl
Medicine A cluster of fluid-filled sacs formed in the uterus by the degeneration of chorionic tissue around an aborting embryo.
Example sentencesExamples
- I think we have a hydatidiform mole to curette.
- Five patients were diagnosed with a choriocarcinoma, 7 patients were diagnosed with a hydatidiform mole, and 8 patients were diagnosed with invasive mole.
- Therefore it was interpreted that in this twin pregnancy one twin was a complete hydatidiform mole.
- The current case was due to the second mechanism, in which one fertilization resulted in a partial hydatidiform mole and the other a normal co-twin.
- In essence, the entity would be more analogous to a tissue culture or a hydatidiform mole than to an embryo.