hydatidiform

hydatidiform
Having the resemblance of a grape, as in hydatidiform mole in medicine.

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  • Hydatidiform mole — Classification and external resources Histopathogic image of hydatidiform mole (complete type). H E stain. ICD 10 O …   Wikipedia

  • Hydatidiform mole — A tumor that forms in the uterus as a mass of cysts resembling a bunch of grapes. Moles occur during the childbearing years. They do not spread outside of the uterus. However, a malignancy called choriocarcinoma may start from a hydatidiform mole …   Medical dictionary

  • hydatidiform mole — ▪ pathology       in human pregnancy, abnormal growth of the chorion, the outermost vascular membrane that in a normal pregnancy would enclose the embryo and ultimately give rise to the placenta. In the situation in which the hydatidiform mole… …   Universalium

  • hydatidiform mole — A slow growing tumor that develops from trophoblastic cells (cells that help an embryo attach to the uterus and help form the placenta) after fertilization of an egg by a sperm. A hydatidiform mole contains many cysts (sacs of fluid). It is… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

  • hydatidiform molar pregnancy — noun → molar pregnancy. Also, hydatidiform mole pregnancy …  

  • hydatidiform — Having the form or appearance of a hydatid. * * * hy·da·tid·i·form .hī də tid ə .fȯrm adj resembling a hydatid or cyst * * * hy·da·tid·i·form (hi″də tidґĭ form) resembling a hydatid cyst; see under mole …   Medical dictionary

  • hydatidiform — adj. resembling a hydatid cyst (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hydatidiform — hy·da·tid·i·form …   English syllables

  • hydatidiform — /haɪdəˈtɪdəfɔm/ (say huyduh tiduhfawm) adjective Medicine resembling a hydatid …  

  • hydatidiform — …   Useful english dictionary

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