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Pheochromocytoma

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A neuroendocrine tumour of the medulla of the adrenal glands.
  2. 2
    a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension wordnet

Etymology

From pheochromocyte + -oma. By surface analysis, pheo- + -chrome + -o- + -cyte + -oma. Coined by Ludwig Pick in 1912.

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