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choriocarcinoma

Syllabification: (cho·ri·o·car·ci·no·ma)
Definition of choriocarcinoma

noun (plural choriocarcinomas or choriocarcinomata /-ˈnōmətə/)

Medicine
  • a malignant tumor of the uterus that originates in the cells of the chorion of a fetus.

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