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Choriocarcinoma

[kawr-ee-oh-kahr-suh-noh-muh, kohr-]

cho·ri·o·car·ci·no·ma

[kawr-ee-oh-kahr-suh-noh-muh, kohr-]
noun, plural -mas, -ma·ta [-muh-tuh] . Pathology.

Origin:
1900–05; chorio- + carcinoma
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Choriocarcinoma has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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Medical Dictionary

choriocarcinoma cho·ri·o·car·ci·no·ma (kôr'ē-ō-kär'sə-nō'mə)
n.
A malignant tumor of syncytial trophoblasts and cytotrophoblasts, almost always occurring in the uterus. Also called chorioepithelioma, chorionic epithelioma, trophoblastoma.

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