PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA


Meaning of PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfē-ə-ˌkrō-mə-sə-ˈtō-mə, -sī- ]

noun

( plural -mas also pheo·chro·mo·cy·to·ma·ta -mə-tə)

Etymology: New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary pheochromocyte chromaffin cell (from pheochrome chromaffin — from Greek phaios dusky, gray + International Scientific Vocabulary -chrome — + -cyte ) + New Latin -oma

Date: 1929

: a tumor that is derived from chromaffin cells and is usually associated with paroxysmal or sustained hypertension

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