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seminoma
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sem·i·no·ma  (sm-nm)
n. pl. sem·i·no·mas or sem·i·no·ma·ta (-m-t)
A malignant tumor of the testis arising from sperm-forming tissue.
[Latin smen, smin-, semen; see semen + -oma.]
seminoma [ˌsɛmɪˈnəʊmə]
n
pl -mas, -mata [-mətə] (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a malignant tumour of the testicle
[from French seminome, from Latin sēmen semen + -oma]
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Noun1.seminoma - malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men
testicular cancer
carcinoma - any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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COMMENT First described as carcinoma in situ, (5) ITGCN is now well established as a precursor to invasive germ cell tumors, with the exception of spermatocytic seminoma and possibly infantile germ cell tumors that include infantile yolk sac tumor and infantile mature teratoma.
Intratubular embryonal carcinoma: a report of 2 cases by Rakheja, Dinesh; Hoang, Mai P.; Sharma, Suash; Albores-Saavedra, Jorge / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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