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Medulloblastoma vs Blastoma - What's the difference?

medulloblastoma | blastoma | Derived terms |

Medulloblastoma is a derived term of blastoma.


As nouns the difference between medulloblastoma and blastoma

is that medulloblastoma is (oncology) a malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum while blastoma is (pathology) a tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts.

medulloblastoma

English

(wikipedia medulloblastoma)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum
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    blastoma

    English

    (wikipedia blastoma)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (pathology) A tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts.

    • Derived terms

    * ameloblastoma * gonadoblastoma * medulloblastoma * nephroblastoma * pineoblastoma * retinoblastoma