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PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phaeochromocytoma mean?
• PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA (noun)
The noun PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA has 1 sense:
1. a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension
Familiarity information: PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
phaeochromocytoma; pheochromocytoma
Hypernyms ("phaeochromocytoma" is a kind of...):
neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
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