The tumor that grows teeth

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A dental X-ray showing a row of teeth and their roots, with a pen pointing at the image
Sources
  1. Urvashi Surti, Lori Hoffner, Aravinda Chakravarti and Robert Ferrell, Magee-Womens Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh, American Journal of Human Genetics, 1990
  2. Ruchi Rathore, Sonal Sharma and Deepshikha Arora, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
  3. Luping Cong, David Yiu Leung Chan and colleagues, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
  4. Tomohiro Kono and colleagues, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Nature, 2004
  5. D. P. Barlow and M. S. Bartolomei, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2014
  6. Warren Booth and colleagues, Biology Letters, 2023
  7. Vision and Change core concepts and competencies, as summarized in Brownell and others, CBE Life Sciences Education, 2014
  8. Word origins from Dictionary.com: teratoma, terato-, -oma, carcinoma, dermoid, derm-, -oid, tera-, teratogen, metalloid, asteroid, homozygous, heterozygous
  9. “Swelling” for -oma and the 1600s history of ovarian teratomas from the Surti paper’s discussion
  10. Spanish spelling from Wiktionary and French spelling from Wiktionnaire