nounteratocarcinomata, teratocarcinomas

• A form of malignant teratoma occurring especially in the testis.

  ‘Well they are in the States, they've actually been able to produce these nerve cells from a carcinoma, a teratocarcinoma, and then these nerve cells remain nerve cells, they don't actually change into anything else.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The clearest examples are teratocarcinomas, solid tumors that spontaneously arise from germ cells.’