Etymology
There are some differences in terminology in the U.S. and U.K. The words "teratoma" (U.S. terminology) and "mature teratoma" (U.K. terminology) both may be used to refer to a benign growth, while the word "teratoma" (U.K. terminology) may refer to "immature teratoma", a cancerous growth. It is therefore important to specify whether one is using U.S. or U.K. terminology.
The term "malignant teratoma" has sometimes been used as a synonym for nonseminomatous germ cell tumor.
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“The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.”
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“Semantically, taste is rich and confusing, its etymology as odd and interesting as that of “style.” But while style—deriving from the stylus or pointed rod which Roman scribes used to make marks on wax tablets—suggests activity, taste is more passive.... Etymologically, the word we use derives from the Old French, meaning touch or feel, a sense that is preserved in the current Italian word for a keyboard, tastiera.”
—Stephen Bayley, British historian, art critic. “Taste: The Story of an Idea,” Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things, Random House (1991)