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choriocarcinoma

American  
[kawr-ee-oh-kahr-suh-noh-muh, kohr-] / ˌkɔr i oʊˌkɑr səˈnoʊ mə, ˌkoʊr- /

noun

Pathology.

plural

choriocarcinomas, choriocarcinomata

  1. chorioma.

Etymology

Origin of choriocarcinoma

First recorded in 1900–05; chorio- + carcinoma

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Most gratifying and surprising was the discovery that amethopterin, after years of use in acute leukemia, was effective against choriocarcinoma.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unlike all other human cancers, choriocarcinoma is derived partly from foreign tissue�from the fetal sac, in the case of women who develop it following pregnancy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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