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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TERATOMA

Ter `a *to "ma, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. -oma. ] (Med. )

Defn: A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.

New American Oxford Dictionary

teratoma

ter a to ma |ˌterəˈtōmə ˌtɛrəˈtoʊmə | ▶noun ( pl. teratomas or teratomata |-mətə | ) Medicine a tumor composed of tissues not normally present at the site (the site being typically in the gonads ).

Oxford Dictionary

teratoma

teratoma |ˌtɛrəˈtəʊmə | ▶noun ( pl. teratomas or teratomata |-mətə | ) Medicine a tumour composed of tissues not normally present at the site (the site being typically in the gonads ).