epithelioma
Americannoun
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epitheliomas,
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epitheliomata
plural
noun
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Origin of epithelioma
First recorded in 1870–75; epitheli(um) + -oma
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There is even a kind of growth, calicoblastic epithelioma, occurring among colonies of corals.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2015
Nancy Reagan, 61, after a small growth on her upper lip was excised and diagnosed as basal-cell epithelioma, a curable form of skin cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have met with a case of paraffin epithelioma on the neck, and a similar type of epithelioma may be met with in a lupus or a burn of long standing.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Cancerous growths of the skin and transitional membranes, often called epithelioma or cancroid, usually contain epithelioid cells resembling epidermis, and are therefore designated as epidermoid or pavement-celled cancer.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
It is to be borne in mind that any of these conditions may take on malignant characters and develop into epithelioma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The trade epithelioma varies a good deal in malignancy, but it tends to cause death in the same manner as other epitheliomas.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
While small epitheliomas of the skin may be cured by means of the rays, they are not so amenable as rodent cancers.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
He gives the signs for differentiation between epitheliomata and condylomata, and distinguishes various forms of ulceration of the penis.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
Those chiefly met with are dermoids, fibromata, sarcomata and epitheliomata.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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