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A vascular tumor of the adrenal gland
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pheochromocytoma
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n. a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension [syn: phaeochromocytoma ]
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n. (context medicine English) A neuroendocrine tumour of the medulla of the adrenal glands
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A pheochromocytoma (from Greek phaios "dark", chroma "color", kytos "cell", -oma "tumor") or phaeochromocytoma ( PCC ) is a neuroendocrine tumor of the medulla of the adrenal glands (originating in the chromaffin cells ), or extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue ...