Tuesday word: Teratoid
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Teratoid (adjective)
teratoid [ ter-uh-toid ]
adjective
1. Biology. resembling a monster.
Related Words
atrocious, dreadful, egregious, freakish, frightful, grotesque, gruesome, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, inhuman, intolerable, obscene, odious, outrageous, preposterous, terrible, vicious
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: First recorded in 1875–80; terat- + -oid
Example Sentences
She was rushed into life-saving surgery, but the diagnosis was an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, or ATRT, the most common brain cancer in infants and one of the deadliest.
From Washington Post
Doctors said Allia had an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, a rare, fast-growing cancer of the brain and the spinal cord.
From New York Times
Platten sang the hit with a cancer patient, 7-year-old Jeremiah Succar, at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles after finding out through social media that Succar was a huge fan of the song since he was diagnosed with stage-four atypical rhabdoid teratoid in May.
From Time
The fact that this life is being lived right now by developer Ryan Green and his wife as their son undergoes treatment after treatment for Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors makes this game even more painful and poignant.
From Forbes
Routh suffered from an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor.
From Seattle Times
Teratoid (adjective)
teratoid [ ter-uh-toid ]
adjective
1. Biology. resembling a monster.
Related Words
atrocious, dreadful, egregious, freakish, frightful, grotesque, gruesome, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, inhuman, intolerable, obscene, odious, outrageous, preposterous, terrible, vicious
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: First recorded in 1875–80; terat- + -oid
Example Sentences
She was rushed into life-saving surgery, but the diagnosis was an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, or ATRT, the most common brain cancer in infants and one of the deadliest.
From Washington Post
Doctors said Allia had an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, a rare, fast-growing cancer of the brain and the spinal cord.
From New York Times
Platten sang the hit with a cancer patient, 7-year-old Jeremiah Succar, at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles after finding out through social media that Succar was a huge fan of the song since he was diagnosed with stage-four atypical rhabdoid teratoid in May.
From Time
The fact that this life is being lived right now by developer Ryan Green and his wife as their son undergoes treatment after treatment for Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors makes this game even more painful and poignant.
From Forbes
Routh suffered from an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor.
From Seattle Times
