Definition of retinoblastoma in English:
retinoblastoma
noun ˌrɛtɪnəʊblaˈstəʊməˌretnōˌblaˈstōmə
mass nounMedicine A rare malignant tumour of the retina, affecting young children.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this example, susceptibility to retinoblastoma is inherited as a dominant trait; however, the expression of the tumor within the eye, which requires the presence of two abnormal genes, is technically recessive.
- The major controversy, however, is the actual magnitude of the risk of second tumors among survivors of retinoblastoma.
- The most urgent diagnosis is retinoblastoma, a malignancy most likely arising from retinal germ cells.
- In 1986, he scored a spectacular success when he isolated the gene associated with retinoblastoma, a fierce form of eye cancer.
- Village farmer brings grandson Paarsha to the town doctor only to learn that the child is a one-in-a-million victim of the rare retinoblastoma.