SINCE 1828
hemangioblastoma
noun
hem·an·gio·blas·to·ma
| \ˌhē-ˌman-jē-ō-(ˌ)blas-ˈtō-mə
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variants:
or chiefly British
haemangioblastoma
plural hemangioblastomas
also hemangioblastomata\-mət-ə
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Medical Definition of hemangioblastoma
: a hemangioma especially of the cerebellum that tends to be associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease
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