Main Entry: cho·rio·car·ci·no·ma

Pronunciation: \-ˌkärs-^ən-ˈō-mə\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural cho·rio·car·ci·no·mas also cho·rio·car·ci·no·ma·ta \-mət-ə\

: a malignant tumor derived from trophoblastic tissue consisting of syncytiotrophoblasts and cytotrophoblasts that develops typically in the uterus following pregnancy, miscarriage, or abortion especially when associated with a hydatidiform mole or rarely in the testes or ovaries chiefly as a component of a mixed germ-cell tumor