单词 | pheochromocytoma |
释义 | pheochromocytoma /fee'oh kroh'moh suy toh"meuh/, n. , pl. pheochromocytomas, pheochromocytomata /-meuh teuh/. Pathol. a tumor of the sympathetic nervous system or adrenal medulla, that produces excess norepinephrine and epinephrine and causes hypertension, headaches, nausea, etc. [1925-30; pheochromocyte a chromaffin cell of the adrenal medulla (pheochrome chromaffin ( < Gk phai(ós) dusky + -O- + -CHROME) + -O- + -CYTE) + -OMA; cf. G Phäochromocytom (1912)] |
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