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warthin's tumor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
warthin's -tu-mor
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A benign cystic tumor of the salivary glands containing abundant lymphocytes and germinal centers.

Etymology

Named for pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin, who described two cases in 1929.

Inflected Forms

Warthin's tumors (plural) Warthin tumor (alternative) Warthin tumour (alternative) Warthin's tumour (alternative)

Questions

What does warthin's tumor mean?
A benign cystic tumor of the salivary glands containing abundant lymphocytes and germinal centers.
Where does warthin's tumor come from?
Named for pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin, who described two cases in 1929.

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