English Dictionary

chordoma

noun

(pathology) A slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.

Chordoma is a rare type of cancer that develops in the bones of the spine.

意味（1）

(pathology) A slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.

The tumors, known as chordomas, eat bone and tissue and have done irreparable damage to her spine. Ms. Haigh, who has a 3-year-old daughter, cannot work while she is undergoing treatment.