Meanings
nounchoriocarcinoma (plural choriocarcinomas or choriocarcinomata)
plural choriocarcinomas · plural choriocarcinomata
- medicineA malignant, trophoblastic cancer, usually of the placenta.
When it occurs, choriocarcinoma is thus a double tragedy: an abnormal pregnancy compounded by a lethal malignancy, birth tipped into death.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 135
Origin
Translations
Catalan coriocarcinoma
- coriocarcinomamalignant trophoblastic cancer
Finnish koriokarsinooma
- koriokarsinoomamalignant trophoblastic cancer
Spanish coriocarcinoma
- coriocarcinomamalignant trophoblastic cancer
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APA
choriocarcinoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choriocarcinoma
MLA
“choriocarcinoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choriocarcinoma. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choriocarcinoma,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choriocarcinoma.
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