ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Choriocarcinoma

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Choriocarcinoma is a noun meaning (oncology) A malignant, trophoblastic cancer, usually of the placenta.

Meaning

(oncology) A malignant, trophoblastic cancer, usually of the placenta.

Example Sentences

When it occurs, choriocarcinoma is thus a double tragedy: an abnormal pregnancy compounded by a lethal malignancy, birth tipped into death.

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Related dictionary entries include mastocarcinoma, chorioma, adenocarcinoma, teratocarcinoma, hepatocarcinoma, paracarcinoma.

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