wilms's tumor

wilms's tumor
\\ˈvilmzə̇z-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized W
Etymology: after Max Wilms died 1918 German surgeon
: a sarcoma of rapid development affecting the kidney chiefly of children and made up of embryonal elements

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Wilms tumor or Wilms's tumor «vihlmz or VIHLM zihz»,
a painless, but malignant tumor in the kidneys, usually in children.
[< Max Wilms, 1867-1918, a German surgeon, who described it]

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  • Wilms' tumor — also Wilms s tumor vilmz (əz ) n a malignant tumor of the kidney that primarily affects children and is made up of embryonic elements called also nephroblastoma Wilms Max (1867 1918) German surgeon. Wilms held professorships at Basel, Switzerland …   Medical dictionary

  • Wilms tumor — or Wilms s tumor «vihlmz or VIHLM zihz», a painless, but malignant tumor in the kidneys, usually in children. ╂[< Max Wilms, 1867 1918, a German surgeon, who described it] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wilms' tumor — Classification and external resources Cut section showing two halves of a nephroblastoma specimen. Note the prominent septa subdividing the sectioned surface and the protrusion of tumor into the renal pelvis, resembling botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma …   Wikipedia

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  • Wilms — bezeichnet ein Nephroblastom (Wilms Tumor), benannt nach Max Wilms Wilms ist der Name von: André Wilms (* 1947), französischer Schauspieler Andreas Wilms (1494–1557), deutscher Kirchenrechtler und Reformator Bernd Wilms (* 1940), deutscher… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wilms'tumor — (wĭlmz) n. A malignant tumor of the kidney that is associated with certain genetic abnormalities and chiefly affects young children. Also called nephroblastoma.   [After MaxWilms (1867 1918), German surgeon.] * * * …   Universalium

  • Wilms tumor — Wilms tumor. См. опухоль Вильмса. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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