teratoma

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ter=a=to=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

teratoma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. , , monster + -oma.].

 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

teratoma, n. Med. a tumour of heterogeneous tissues, esp. of the gonads.