Medical Definition of Chemoreceptor tumour

1. Aortic body, carotid body, chemoreceptor, or glomus jugulare tumour; nonchromaffin paraganglioma; receptoma; a relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the carotid body, glomus jugulare, and aortic bodies; consisting histologically of rounded or ovoid hyperchromatic cells that tend to be grouped in an alveolus-like pattern within a scant to moderate amount of fibrous stroma and a few large thin-walled vascular channels. Compare: paraganglioma. Synonym: aortic body tumour, carotid body tumour, chemoreceptor tumour, glomus jugulare tumour, nonchromaffin paraganglioma. Origin: chemo-+ G. Dektes, receiver, fr. Dechomai, to receive, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemoreceptor Tumour

chemopreventative
chemoprevention
chemopreventive
chemopreventives
chemoprophylactic
chemoprophylactics
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprotective
chemoradiation
chemoradiotherapy
chemoreception
chemoreceptions
chemoreceptive
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptor
chemoreceptor tumour (current term)
chemoreceptors
chemoreflex
chemorefractory
chemorepellant
chemorepellent
chemorepellents
chemorepulsant
chemorepulsion
chemorepulsive
chemoresistance
chemoresistances
chemoresistant
chemos
chemoselection

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