retinoblastoma

English

Etymology

retino- +‎ blastoma

Noun

retinoblastoma (plural retinoblastomas or retinoblastomata)

(oncology) A malignant tumour of the retina; a hereditary condition found mostly in children.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 367:
  Retinoblastoma has two distinct variants, an inherited “familial” form and a sporadic form.

Derived terms

retinoblastoma protein

Translations

malignant tumour of the retina

Czech: retinoblastom m
Finnish: retinoblastooma
Italian: retinoblastoma m
Spanish: retinoblastoma m
Turkish: retinoblastom

Further reading

“retinoblastoma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Italian

Noun

retinoblastoma m (plural retinoblastomi)

(oncology) retinoblastoma

Spanish

Noun

retinoblastoma m (plural retinoblastomas)

(oncology) retinoblastoma

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