SEMINOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seminoma mean? 

• SEMINOMA (noun)
  The noun SEMINOMA has 1 sense:

1. malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men

  Familiarity information: SEMINOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMINOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

seminoma; testicular cancer

Hypernyms ("seminoma" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

It has also been described in acute myeloid leukemias, dysgerminomas, and seminomas.

(KIT Gene Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is identical to seminoma and consists of a monotonous population of germ cells with abundant pale cytoplasm and uniform nuclei.

(Ovarian Dysgerminoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The different germ cell components include choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, teratoma, and seminoma.

(Mixed Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant mixed germ cell tumor characterized by the presence of a choriocarcinomatous component admixed with another germ cell component (e.g. embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, or seminoma).

(Choriocarcinoma Combined with Other Germ Cell Elements, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include teratoma, seminoma, embryonal carcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.

(Germ cell tumor, NCI Thesaurus)