Neoplastic Process
germinoma
Subclass of:
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Definitions related to germinoma:
  • A germinomatous germ cell tumor arising in the central nervous system; it is histologically identical to the dysgerminoma and seminoma.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A malignant germ cell tumor arising in the central nervous system. It is characterized by the presence of primitive, large malignant germ cells and lymphocytes.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A malignant neoplasm of the germinal tissue of the GONADS; MEDIASTINUM; or pineal region. Germinomas are uniform in appearance, consisting of large, round cells with vesicular nuclei and clear or finely granular eosinophilic-staining cytoplasm. (Stedman, 265th ed; from DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, pp1642-3)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A type of undifferentiated germ cell tumor that may be benign or malignant.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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