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A germ-cell tumor that may contain several tissue types, such as hair, bone, or muscle.
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Unexpected tissue in a tumor; anatomical disordering; a clinical discovery with unsettling visual detailUse mixed tissue types for factual surprise without inventing a creature inside a patient.
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- mature teratoma
- immature teratoma
- ovarian teratoma
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The pathologist identified hair within the teratoma.
A mature teratoma had displaced the surrounding tissue.
The report called it a teratoma, not the tiny monster described in the rumor.
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Primary category: horror. Medical, and potentially benign or malignant. Real teratomas are not miniature persons or proof of possession; distinguish fictional embellishment from pathology. Noun plural: teratomas; teratomata.
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