Teratoma

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Teratoma \Ter`a*to"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, monster + -oma.]
     (Med.)
     A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made
     up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone,
     cartilage and muscle.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  teratoma
       n : a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally
           found at that site