Chorioadenoma
chorioadenoma cho·ri·o·ad·e·no·ma (kôr’ē-ō-ād’n-ō’mə)
n.
A benign neoplasm of the chorion, especially one having early hydatidiform mole formation. Also called deciduoma malignum.
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