Chordoma

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.

    "The tumors, known as chordomas, eat bone and tissue and have done irreparable damage to her spine. Ms. Haigh, who has a 3-year-old daughter, cannot work while she is undergoing treatment."

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"The tumors, known as chordomas, eat bone and tissue and have done irreparable damage to her spine. Ms. Haigh, who has a 3-year-old daughter, cannot work while she is undergoing treatment."

Etymology

From chord + -oma.

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