noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A rare form of cancer, involving the nasal cavity and believed to arise from the olfactory epithelium, that can cause loss of vision.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”) + neuro- + blastoma.

Related phrases

nasal cavity

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