English Explanatory Dictionary

pheochromocytoma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A neuroendocrine tumour of the medulla of the adrenal glands.

Word forms

pheochromocytoma pheochromocytomas pheochromocytomata phaeochromocytoma

Etymology

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

Related words

pheochromocyte

Derived words

pheochromocytomal pheochromocytomatous
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