Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tumor of peculiar formation sometimes found in the median line of the verm is of the cerebellum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A slow-growing,
malignant tumor arising from remnants of thenotochord .
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Examples
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A few years earlier, Josh Sommer explained, he had a tumor removed from his skull, a rare bone cancer called chordoma.
The Seattle Times 2012
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The cell line is being used to, among other things, screen existing drugs to see if they might work against chordoma.
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For instance, the Chordoma Foundation, which supports research into that rare cancer, found that there was only one decent chordoma cell line in the whole world — in a freezer in Germany — and it hadn't been used for new research since 2001.
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All those brainiacs and fancy pants knew the problem wasn't chordoma research, per se.
The Seattle Times 2012
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The Chordoma Foundation requests cell lines that can be used for research into chordoma - a sl …
Naturejobs - All Jobs Maria Ciofani 2010
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The Chordoma Foundation requests cell lines that can be used for research into chordoma - a sl …
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The Chordoma Foundation requests cell lines that can be used for research into chordoma - a sl …
Naturejobs - All Jobs Christian Peter Klingenberg 2010
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The Chordoma Foundation requests cell lines that can be used for research into chordoma - a sl …
Naturejobs - All Jobs Katja A. Lamia 2010
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I just received news that surgery for my sacral chordoma (which, as the linked article makes clear, is not something to be sat on, ha ha ha) -- is scheduled for
News & Politics 2010
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Having focused more on its mission of fighting chordoma, a rare form of cancer, rather than on building its organizational infrastructure, Lee says, the foundation now is "poised to take off."
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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