neuroblastoma

1. 1.

   malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly

   Broadermalignant tumor

Other forms of neuroblastoma

plural

neuroblastomas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about neuroblastoma

What does neuroblastoma mean?

neuroblastoma means "malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly".

How many syllables are in neuroblastoma?

neuroblastoma has 6 syllables and divides as ne-u-ro-bla-sto-ma under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.