Gastrinoma


gastrinoma gas·tri·no·ma (gās’trə-nō’mə)
n. pl. gas·tri·no·mas or gas·tri·no·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A gastrin-secreting tumor associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

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