Aortic body, carotid body, chemoreceptor, or glomus jugulare tumour; nonchromaffin paraganglioma; receptoma; a relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the carotid body, glomus jugulare, and aortic bodies; consisting histologically of rounded or ovoid hyperchromatic cells that tend to be grouped in an alve...
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(ke″mo-dek-to´mә) any benign, chromaffin-negative tumor of the chemoreceptor system, such as a tumor of the carotid, para-aortic, or tympanic bodies.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kē′mō-dek-tō′mă Definitions: 1. Aortic body, carotid body, chemoreceptor, or glomus jugulare tumor; nonchromaffin paraganglioma; receptoma; a relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the carotid body, glomus jugulare, and aortic bodies; consisting h...
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