chordoma

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.
    — The tumors, known as chordomas, eat bone and tissue and have done irreparable damage to her spine. Ms. Haigh, who has a 3-year-old daughter, cannot work while she is undergoing treatment.

词形变化

chordomas plural chordomata plural

词源

Etymology tree
English chord
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.?
Ancient Greek -όω (-óō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der.
English -oma
English chordoma
From chord + -oma.
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