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hepatoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
hep-atoma
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cancer originating in the liver.

Etymology

From hepato- (“liver”) + -oma (“tumor”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hepatomas (plural) hepatomata (plural)

Derived Forms

antihepatoma cholangiohepatoma

Synonyms

hepatocarcinoma hepatocellular carcinoma malignant hepatoma

Questions

What does hepatoma mean?
A cancer originating in the liver.
Where does hepatoma come from?
From hepato- (“liver”) + -oma (“tumor”).

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