blastoma

[ bla-stoh-muh ]
/ blæˈstoʊ mə /

noun, plural blas·to·mas, blas·to·ma·ta [bla-stoh-muh-tuh] /blæˈstoʊ mə tə/. Pathology.

a tumor originating from undifferentiated embryonic cells and having little or no connective tissue.

Origin of blastoma

blast- + -oma

Words nearby blastoma

blastodermic vesicle, blastodisc, blastodisk, blastoff, blastogenesis, blastoma, blastomere, blastomycete, blastomycosis, blastopor, blastopore

British Dictionary definitions for blastoma

blastoma
/ (ˌblæsˈtəʊmə) /

noun plural -mata or -mas

pathol
  1. a tumour composed of embryonic tissue that has not yet developed a specialized function
  2. (in combination)neuroblastoma

Word Origin for blastoma

C20: New Latin, from blasto- + -oma

Medical definitions for blastoma

blastoma
[ blă-stō′mə ]

n. pl. blas•to•mas

A neoplasm composed of immature, undifferentiated cells. blastocytoma embryonal carcinosarcoma