chemodectoma

[ kē′mō-dĕk-tō′mə ]

n.

A relatively rare, usually benign tumor originating in chemoreceptor tissue. aortic-body tumor carotid-body tumor glomus jugulare tumor nonchromaffin paraganglioma

Words nearby chemodectoma

chemoattractant, chemoautotroph, chemoautroph, chemobiotic, chemocautery, chemodectoma, chemodectomatosis, chemoheterotroph, chemokine, chemokinesis, chemolithotroph