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hepatoma

[ hep-uh-toh-muh ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural hep·a·to·mas, hep·a·to·ma·ta [hep-, uh, -, toh, -m, uh, -t, uh].
  1. a tumor of the liver.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hepatoma1

First recorded in 1925–30; hepat- + -oma

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