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PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension
Synonyms:
phaeochromocytoma; pheochromocytoma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("phaeochromocytoma" is a kind of...):
neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
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