epithelioma
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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
Gummatous lesions occur on the lips, and are liable to be mistaken for epithelioma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
It may take the form of squamous epithelioma or of medullary cancer, and may originate in the tonsil, in the groove between the tonsil and the tongue, or in the soft palate.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Sometimes they follow suppuration in the middle ear and mastoid or in the frontal sinus, and epithelioma and rodent cancer that has ulcerated and become infected after spreading from the face towards the vertex.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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 Thomson, Alexis
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 Thomson, Alexis
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
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 Walsh, James Joseph
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