Phaeochromocytoma

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of pheochromocytoma. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension wordnet

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pheochromocytomapheochromocytoma

Etymology

From phaeochromocyte + -oma. By surface analysis, phaeo- + -chrome + -o- + -cyte + -oma.

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