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  • noun medicine a tumour of the renal system

Etymologies

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nephro- + -oma

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Examples

  • The scientists said because adult cystic nephroma and mixed epithelial and stromal tumors produce cancers of differing appearance that include different types of cells, they had been diagnosed as different diseases.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2009

  • Because adult cystic nephroma (CN) and mixed epithelial and stromal tumors (MEST) produce tumors of differing appearance that include different types of cells, traditionally they have been diagnosed as different diseases.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Because adult cystic nephroma (CN) and mixed epithelial and stromal tumors (MEST) produce tumors of differing appearance that include different types of cells, traditionally they have been diagnosed as different diseases.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • We report an infant with severe hypercalcemia due to congenital mesoblastic nephroma.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Fahimeh Soheilipour 2009

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