# pheochromocytoma

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A neuroendocrine tumour of the medulla of the adrenal glands.

## Etymology
From pheochromocyte + -oma. By surface analysis, pheo- + -chrome + -o- + -cyte + -oma. Coined by Ludwig Pick in 1912.

## Source
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