SINCE 1828
hydatidiform mole
nounMedical Definition of hydatidiform mole
: a mass in the uterus that consists of enlarged edematous degenerated chorionic villi growing in clusters resembling grapes, that typically develops following fertilization of an enucleate egg, and that may or may not contain fetal tissue
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