See Also: dumbbell ganglioneuroma(medicine)
ganglioneuroma(medicine)
dumbbell(dictionary)
central ganglioneuroma(medicine)
myocardial infarction in dumbbell form(medicine)

goodyera (iou) and dumbbell ganglioneuroma (medicine)


goodyera (iou)



goodyera noun. E19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from John Goodyer (1592-1664), English botanist.]
Any of various orchids of the genus Goodyera, with creeping rhizomes and small chiefly whitish flowers; esp. (in full creeping goodyera) G. repens, native to moist pinewoods in northern temperate regions. Also called creeping lady's tresses.

dumbbell ganglioneuroma (medicine)


dumbbell ganglioneuroma
<tumour> A ganglioneuroma in which the gross configuration resembles a dumbbell, e.g., two spheroidal masses connected by a narrow portion, usually the result of the neoplasm being somewhat molded by a resistant structure such as two ribs.